Split PDF — free, in your browser
Pull out the pages you need, or break a document into single pages. Nothing is uploaded.
To split a PDF, drop it here and click the pages you want — every page is shown, so there is no need to know the numbers in advance — or cut it into equal blocks or one file per page. Pages are copied into fresh documents, so nothing is re-compressed and the pieces stay smaller than the original. Everything runs in your browser; the file is never uploaded.
- Nothing uploadedRuns on your device
- No limitsNo account, no watermark
- No upload waitStarts immediately
On this page
How it works
- 1
Add your PDF
Drop it onto the page, paste it, or click to browse. It is read straight from your device and not sent anywhere.
- 2
Choose what you want out
Every page appears as a picture. Click the ones you want, shift-click to take everything between two of them, or switch modes to cut the document into equal blocks or one file per page.
- 3
Split and download
The pieces appear right here. A single range downloads as one PDF; many pages download together as a ZIP.
What each setting does
- Take out some pages
- Takes exactly the pages you pick. Each unbroken run becomes its own PDF, so 1-3, 7 gives two documents — that is almost always what naming two sections means. Untick the separate-file box to get all of them in one instead, for pulling scattered pages into a single extract.
- Every few pages
- Cuts the whole document into equal blocks — set it to 2 and a twelve-page file becomes six PDFs of two pages each. The last piece is shorter when the pages do not divide evenly. Use it for splitting a batch scan back into the documents it was made from.
- One file per page
- Every page becomes its own PDF, numbered so they sort correctly. Use it when the pages are unrelated — a stack of scanned receipts, or a batch of certificates that need filing separately.
- Page notation
- The same as a print dialog. A single number takes one page, 4-9 takes a run, and commas combine them: 1-2, 5, 9-11. An open end like 5- means page five to the end. The box and the page grid are two views of one choice: click a page and the notation updates, type a range and the grid follows.
Results you can expect
Measured on real files by our own test suite, not estimated.
| What you asked for | You get | Size of the result |
|---|---|---|
| Pages 1-4 | One PDF, four pages | A fraction of the original |
| Pages 1-4 and 9-12 | Two PDFs, four pages each | A fraction of the original |
| The same, kept together | One PDF, eight pages | A fraction of the original |
| Every 4 pages | 10 PDFs in a ZIP | Each about a tenth of the whole |
| One file per page | 40 PDFs in a ZIP | Each far smaller than the whole |
What people use this for
Sending one section
A contract is forty pages and the other party needs the schedule at the back. Sending the whole thing invites them to read the rest of it; sending four pages does not.
Read the guideFiling scanned batches
A stack of receipts scanned in one pass arrives as a single PDF. One file per page turns it back into one document per receipt, ready to attach to individual claims.
Read the guideGetting under an upload limit
Some portals cap uploads at a size a long scan exceeds. Splitting the document and sending it in parts works where compressing further would have wrecked the pages.
Read the guideRemoving pages you do not want to share
Keeping the pages you need is the reliable way to drop the ones you do not. Redaction that only draws a black box leaves the text underneath in the file.
Read the guide
How this compares
| FileCrisp | Typical web splitter | Acrobat Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uploads your file | No | Yes | No |
| Free limit | None | Daily task cap | Subscription |
| Re-compresses pages | No | Sometimes | No |
| Install needed | No | No | Yes |
| Works offline | After first use | No | Yes |
Questions
Does splitting a PDF reduce its quality?
No. Pages are copied into new documents exactly as they are — nothing is re-rendered or re-compressed. A page in the output is byte-for-byte the page that went in.
Will the pieces be smaller than the original?
Yes, because each new document carries only what its own pages need. This is why pages are copied rather than deleted from a duplicate: deleting leaves every piece holding the whole document's fonts and images, which can make the parts larger than the whole.
How do I write the page range?
You do not have to. Every page is shown as a picture, so you can click the ones you want and shift-click to take everything between two of them. If you prefer typing, the box takes print-dialog notation: 3 for one page, 4-9 for a run, 1-2, 5, 9-11 to combine them, and 5- for page five to the end.
Can I get each section as its own file?
Yes, and that is the default. Each unbroken run you pick becomes its own PDF, so 1-3, 7 produces two documents rather than one of four pages. Untick “Separate file for each range” if you would rather have them combined.
How do I split a document into equal parts?
Choose “Every few pages” and set how many pages each file should hold. A forty-page scan at four pages each gives ten PDFs. If the pages do not divide evenly the last file is simply shorter — nothing is padded or dropped.
What if I ask for pages that do not exist?
A range that runs past the end is clamped to the last page rather than failing — asking for 4-99 of a six-page file gives you pages four to six, which is almost always what was meant.
Does the text stay selectable?
Yes. The page objects are copied intact, so text stays text and stays searchable. Splitting never rasterises anything, unlike the compression modes that turn pages into images.
Can I split a password-protected PDF?
Not while it is encrypted. The file is rejected with a clear message rather than producing something broken. Remove the protection in the application that applied it, then split.
Do bookmarks and form fields survive?
Usually not. Both are document-level structures that reference pages, and those references do not carry into a new document. Page content, text and links within a page do come across.
Is there a limit on the number of pages?
No imposed limit. The ceiling is your device's memory, so a very long document is more comfortable on a laptop than a phone. Nothing is capped for commercial reasons.
How do I get many pages at once?
One file per page produces a ZIP containing all of them, so it is one download rather than forty. Each file is numbered with leading zeros so they stay in order.
Is it really free?
Yes — no account, no daily cap, no watermark. The work happens on your device rather than a server, so there is no bandwidth bill to recover and nothing to meter.
If something looks wrong
- It says the PDF has only one page
- There is nothing to split — a one-page document is already a single file. If you expected more pages, check you added the right file; a scan that failed part way can end up shorter than intended.
- I got one file when I wanted several
- A page range keeps everything you asked for together in one document, which is the point of that mode. Switch to one file per page to get a separate PDF for each.
- The pages came out in the wrong order
- Output follows document order, not the order you typed. Asking for 9, 1 gives page one then page nine. If you need a different order, split first and then merge the pieces in the order you want.
- The file was rejected as encrypted
- A password-protected PDF cannot be modified until the protection is removed, and that has to be done in the application that applied it. We reject it rather than producing a broken file.