Several handy files out of one big one
Your accountant sent a whole year of statements as one PDF and you need each month on its own. A teacher scanned an entire workbook and wants to hand it out lesson by lesson. The house plans arrived with floor plans, sections and the bill of quantities in one file, and the carpenter needs only one part. Split PDF turns a document like that into smaller ones.
Which mode to pick
- By ranges – for parts of different lengths. Each comma-separated range becomes its own file: "1-12, 13-20, 21-" gives three files, the last one running from page 21 to the end. The field comes pre-filled with a split into two halves.
- Every page separately – when each page stands alone, such as monthly statements or certificates scanned one after another. A 12-page document gives 12 files.
- Into parts of N pages – for equal chunks. Enter 10 and a 45-page document becomes five files: four with ten pages and a last one with the remaining five.
File names and what stays the same
Each new file is named after the original plus its page numbers, for example "statements-pages-1-12.pdf" or "statements-page-7.pdf". Pages are carried over unchanged: text stays searchable and images are not recompressed. Bookmarks from the original are not copied, because they could point to pages that are not in the new file. The original document is left alone, and everything runs in your browser – the file is not uploaded.
Maybe another tool fits better
For a few pages in one new file, Extract pages is simpler. To drop what you don't need and keep the rest, use Remove pages. Parts you have split can be put back together with Merge PDF.