How to Split a PDF Into Pages or Ranges, Free in Your Browser

By Alok Singh · Published October 27, 2026

A 64-page scanned property file, and the bank only wants the sale deed, which happens to be pages 12 to 19. Or a combined payslip PDF from HR that you need to split month by month. Either way you want part of a PDF, not all of it. Split PDF does that in the browser, and it's more flexible than the usual "extract pages" box.

Pick one of four modes

Keep a page range. One output file containing only the pages you list, in the order you typed them. Type 12-19 for the deed. Type all, or leave it blank, for every page.
One file per range. Separate ranges with semicolons and each becomes its own PDF, named after its pages. 1-4; 5-8; 9-12 gives three files.
Every N pages. Chops the document into equal chunks. If the count doesn't divide evenly, the last chunk is shorter. Ten pages split every four gives 1–4, 5–8 and 9–10.
Each page as its own PDF. You get page-1.pdf, page-2.pdf and so on.

When a mode produces more than one file, they arrive together in a zip.

Numbering starts at 1, and ranges include both ends, so 1-3 means pages 1, 2 and 3.

Steps

Open the tool and choose the PDF. You can choose several PDFs to split them all with the same settings.
Pick the mode and fill in the range or the chunk size.
Press Split PDF.
Save the file or zip.

Real situations where each mode earns its keep

Payslips. HR sends a year of payslips as one 12-page file and the loan officer wants the last three. Keep a page range: 10-12.

Chapters for students. A teacher has a 90-page workbook and wants one file per unit. Write the unit page ranges with semicolons and upload the zip to the class drive.

Scanned batches. Your office scanner fed 40 single-page invoices into one PDF. Each page as its own PDF turns them back into 40 invoices you can file individually.

Two-page forms. A stack of two-page application forms scanned as one file? Every 2 pages gives you one PDF per applicant.

Several files at once. If you have, say, six quarterly reports and need only the summary page from each, drop all six in and use the same range. Every file gets a status line, and you can download results one by one or in a single zip with a folder per source file.

Pitfalls

Bookmarks don't drive anything. The split works on page numbers only, so "split by chapter" means looking up where each chapter starts yourself.
Printed page numbers lie. A report whose page "1" is actually the fifth page of the PDF (because of the cover and contents) will trip you up. Use the page count your PDF viewer shows, not the number in the footer.
Order follows what you type. 5,1-3 puts page 5 first. That's handy for reordering, but surprising if you didn't mean it.
Long files use memory. There isn't a fixed page cap, but a several-hundred-page scan on an old phone may be slow.

Privacy

According to the page, the PDF stays in the tab and isn't uploaded. As with every page on the site, there are Google ads.

FAQ

Does 1-3 include page 3? Yes. Both ends count.

Can I get several separate files in one go? Yes, with One file per range. Separate the ranges with semicolons.

Can it split on chapter titles or bookmarks? No, only on page numbers.

What do I do with a password-protected PDF? Remove the open password with Unlock PDF first (you need to know it), then split the unlocked copy.

Need just a few pages? Open Split PDF and type the range.

— Alok Kumar Singh

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