Split a PDF and extract the pages you need
Take the three pages you need out of a 200-page contract. Pull a chapter out of a report. Cut a long scan down to the part that concerns you — in the browser, on your own device.
How it works
Add your PDF
Drop the file in; it opens in your browser rather than on a server.
Choose your pages
Give it a page range, or pick the individual pages you want to keep.
Split
Press the button and a new PDF is built on your device.
Each run produces one new PDF, so cutting a document into three parts means three runs. Nothing queues and there's no daily cap.
The document is read locally
A PDF often carries more than its pages — names, contract terms, bank details. Here the document is opened by your browser, changed in place, and saved back to you. There is no upload step, so there is no copy anywhere else.
- Opened from your disk by your browser — not sent anywhere first.
- Held in the tab while the tool works, then dropped.
- Saved to your device by your browser, not by a link to a server.
- Closing the tab clears the working copy completely.
- No account, so nothing is ever attached to an identity.
- No tracking of what you worked on or what was inside the file.
There is no queue, no waiting room and no retention policy to read. The document is released the moment the tab closes. The how it works page explains why nothing leaves your device, and our verification guide shows how to check with your network off.
What people use it for
Sending one page instead of the whole document
The signature page, the ID page, the certificate — export just that page as its own small PDF.
Pulling a chapter out of a long report
Give it a page range and the chapter becomes a file you can send on its own.
Cutting a document down to fit an upload limit
Some portals cap file size; export the first half, then the second.
Taking your pages out of a shared scan
One scan of a meeting pack, and you only need the three pages that concern you.
Formats & limits
What this tool accepts, what it produces, and what it will never ask you for.
- Input
- A single PDF document
- Output
- A new PDF containing the pages you picked
- Maximum file size
- Set by your device, not by a plan
- Files per run
- One at a time
- Sign-up required
- None
- Watermark
- Never added
- Works offline
- Yes, once the page has loaded
- Supported browsers
- Any current Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari
When something goes wrong
Encrypted and damaged documents stop with a plain message rather than a spinner that never finishes. If a PDF opens in your reader it will normally open here.
The file is either encrypted or damaged. Remove the password first, then try again.
Why not an upload site
An upload-based PDF tool sends the whole document to a server, does the work there, and sends it back. Removing that round trip removes the waiting, the caps and the copy.
A typical upload site
This tool
Questions
How do I extract pages from a PDF?
Add the file, choose the page range, and press split. You get back a new PDF containing only those pages.
How do I extract just one page from a PDF?
Set the range to that single page — page 7 to page 7 — and you'll get a one-page PDF.
How do I split a PDF by page range?
Give it a start page and an end page, for example 12 to 40, and export.
Can I get one file per page?
Each run gives you one PDF, so to split every page out separately you'd run it once per page. For anything longer than a handful, a page range is the quicker route.
Does splitting change the quality?
No. The pages are copied exactly as they are. Nothing is re-rendered or recompressed.
Does it work on scanned PDFs?
Yes. Splitting doesn't need the text layer, so scans work as cleanly as proper PDFs.
Compared with the alternatives
Splitting is one of the four PDF jobs the upload-based tools meter by the hour. Here is an iLovePDF alternative with no hourly task limit.