Sending only the clauses that matter
A reviewer needs the liability and termination sheets from a long agreement. Typing 12-14,27 produces a four-sheet document and leaves commercial terms elsewhere in the contract undisclosed.
Split PDF
Extract selected pages, split every page, or divide a PDF into fixed-size page batches.
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The PDF is opened on this device, and the pages you choose are copied into new files locally.
Page order follows your listWriting 8-10,1-3 puts pages 8 to 10 first. Page size and rotation are preserved exactly.
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Choose among three different outputs: one PDF containing selected pages, one file for every page, or a sequence of PDFs containing up to a chosen number of pages each. Extraction is useful when a reviewer needs only an appendix. Fixed-page batches are useful when a receiving system limits the number of pages per document. This browser tool copies existing PDF pages rather than rendering them as pictures, so splitting is not an image-compression or OCR step. Your source stays unchanged on your device. Temporary download links stop working when the tab closes; files you have already saved remain on your device. The separate MCP service is a different processing path and is not called by this browser tool.
What happens to the PDF
- Choose a PDF and check its displayed page count. Page numbers mean physical positions starting at 1, not printed labels such as iv or Chapter 2. Include cover pages when counting.
- Describe what you want using a compact expression such as 1-3,5,8-10. Individual numbers and hyphenated spans can be mixed freely, separated by commas, and spacing around the punctuation is ignored. The tool reports how many sheets your expression resolves to while you type, so a mistake surfaces before you act on it rather than after.
- Choose extract when the goal is one tidy document. The chosen sheets are written in the sequence you typed them, which means an expression like 8-10,1-3 deliberately rewrites the arrangement instead of quietly sorting itself back into ascending order. That turns the same box into a lightweight reordering control.
- Choose Split every page for one output file per source page, or set Pages per file and choose Split every N pages for batches of the entire document. The range box controls extraction only; it does not restrict the batch operation. Download each result using its link and verify the first and last page before sharing.
Common split pdf jobs
Removing an unwanted sheet
To drop a blank scanner artefact at sheet six of a nine-sheet document, extract 1-5,7-9. Deletion is expressed as keeping everything else, which is why no separate delete control is needed here.
A 46-page PDF in ten-page batches
Set Pages per file to 10 and choose Split every 10 pages. The expected outputs contain pages 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40 and 41-46. The last batch is shorter. This follows physical page positions, not chapter boundaries.
Rearranging before sending
An appendix printed ahead of the summary can be moved by extracting 5-9,1-4. The sequence you type becomes the sequence written, so no separate reordering step is required.
Check before relying on the PDF
- Expressions are checked strictly and refused with an explanation rather than repaired behind your back. A span written backwards is rejected with the corrected form shown, a sheet beyond the end of the document names the real total, and unfamiliar syntax is refused outright. Repeating the same sheet is the one forgiving case: it is included once and the panel notes that it appeared more than once.
- Interactive form fields may not remain functional when pages are copied, and their appearance depends on how the source saved them. Complete and flatten a copy of a filled form first, then visually verify every extracted page. Keep the original editable form.
- A signed document cannot yield signed pieces. Validation covers the whole original container, so anything rebuilt from copied sheets is unsigned. Retain the original whenever the signature is the point of the document.
- Splitting every page is capped at 100 output files. Large documents also depend on available browser memory; use selected ranges or larger batches when individual-page output is impractical.
- A page-count limit is not a byte-size limit. Ten scanned pages may be much larger than ten text pages, and shared resources can make the combined outputs larger than the source. Splitting does not guarantee a 200 KB or 300 KB result.
Questions about Split PDF
What does an expression like 1-3,5,8-10 mean?
It resolves to sheets one, two, three, five, eight, nine, and ten. Commas separate items, a hyphen defines an inclusive span, and the count is confirmed on screen before you commit to anything.
Will splitting identify multi-page invoices or chapters?
No. Split every page separates physical pages, not logical documents. Fixed-size batches can cut through a chapter or invoice. Use custom extraction ranges when the boundaries matter, and repeat for each section.
Is the visual quality reduced?
Ordinary page text, images and vector artwork are copied rather than rasterized or deliberately recompressed. Existing selectable text remains text; scans do not gain searchable text. Forms, signatures and document-level features need separate checking.
Can I work on a protected document?
Not while the protection is in place. The tool distinguishes an encrypted document from a damaged one and tells you which it found, so you know the fix is to save an unprotected copy rather than to hunt for a corrupted download.
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