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How to split a PDF or save just a few pages

Sometimes you only need a few pages of a PDF. Here's how to split one, or pull out a page range, in your browser at original quality.

Sometimes you don't want the whole PDF, just pages 3 to 5, or every page saved on its own. Splitting does exactly that, with no printing and rescanning.

Two things people mean by "split"

  • Pull out a range. You need pages 3 to 5 of a 40-page report to send to one person.
  • Break it into pieces. You want each page, or each chunk, saved as a separate PDF.

Same tool, different options.

How to do it

  1. Open Split PDF and load your file.
  2. Pick the pages. Enter a range like 3-5, list individual pages, or split every page out on its own.
  3. Download the result.

The pages come out at their original quality, because nothing gets re-encoded. It's a straight copy of the pages you picked. And since it runs in your browser, a confidential doc never gets uploaded.

Related things you might actually want

  • Just removing a few pages instead of keeping some? Delete Pages is the cleaner fit.
  • Stitching several PDFs together instead? That's Merge PDF.
  • If the PDF is password-protected, unlock it first, or the tool can't read the pages.

Split a PDF here. Free, no watermark, runs on your device.

Try the tool

Do it now — free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.

Open Split PDF