Split PDF

How to split a PDF

1. Choose a PDF. The number of pages is shown.
2. Pick a mode:
   • Split by ranges: each range (like 1-3, 4-10) becomes a separate PDF.
   • Extract pages: the pages you list are combined into one new PDF.
   • Every page: one PDF per page.
3. Click Split PDF to download the result (a ZIP if there are several files).

Examples

• 1: just the first page (e.g. a signed cover sheet).
• 2-: everything except the first page.
• 1-10, 11-20, 21-: break a long document into three parts to meet an upload size limit.

Want to put pages back together in a different order? Split the PDF, then use Merge PDF. To save pages as pictures, use PDF to Image.

Three ways to split a PDF

Extract pages is the most common: click the pages you want, such as the signed page of a contract or a single chapter, and save them as one new PDF. Split by ranges creates several PDFs at once, which is handy for breaking a scanned batch of invoices into separate documents. Every page creates one file per page, useful for slides, certificates or forms that must be uploaded individually.

Reduce the size of a PDF by removing pages

If a document is too large to email or upload, removing pages you don’t need is often the easiest way to shrink it. Appendices, scanned covers and image-heavy pages tend to be the largest. Extract only the pages the recipient actually needs, then send that smaller file.

Reordering pages

To change the order of pages, extract the pages in groups (for example 5-8, then 1-4) and combine the parts in the new order with Merge PDF. Each extracted file keeps the original page quality, text and links.

Will splitting affect quality?

No. Pages are copied, not re-rendered, so text remains sharp and searchable and images keep their original resolution. Your original PDF is not modified; you always get new files.

Splitting on your phone

Tap Select PDF file and choose a document from Files, Google Drive, iCloud or your email attachments. Page previews appear, and you can tap pages to select them just as you would click them on a computer. The new PDF downloads to your phone, ready to share or upload. Because the work happens on your device, there is no waiting for uploads on mobile data.

Password-protected documents

If a PDF requires a password to open, it must be unlocked before it can be split. Open it with the password in your PDF reader and save or print it to a new PDF without the password, then use that copy here.