How to Split a PDF Into Separate Files or Pages

Splitting a PDF is the mirror image of merging: instead of combining files, you pull pages apart. Maybe you only need pages 3 to 5 of a contract, or you want to break a 200-page scan into manageable sections. Either way, it's a quick job once you know the two ways to do it.

Two ways to split a PDF

• Extract a range — pull out specific pages (say, 5 through 12) into a new PDF.
• Split into singles — turn every page into its own separate file at once.

When to use each approach

Extracting a range is perfect when you need to share a single section — the relevant clause of an agreement, or one report from a bundle — without sending the whole thing. Splitting into single pages is handy when you're reorganizing a document, separating scanned receipts, or preparing pages to be merged in a different order later.

Do it without losing quality

Splitting copies pages exactly as they are, so there's no quality loss — text stays selectable and images stay sharp. A browser-based splitter does all of this locally, which means even a confidential document never gets uploaded. If your source PDF is a scan, running OCR first makes the resulting pages searchable too.