How to Split a PDF Into Separate Pages or Sections
Extract specific pages from a PDF or split a large document into smaller parts — free, online, and without any software.
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How to Split a PDF Online
Splitting a PDF lets you extract individual pages, separate chapters, or break a large document into smaller pieces.
When to Split a PDF
- Email size limits — Split a 50-page PDF into 10-page chunks to email in parts
- Extract specific pages — Pull out just the contract signature page
- Separate chapters — Divide a book PDF into individual chapters
- Remove pages — Easier to split out and re-merge without unwanted pages
Step 1: Open the Split PDF Tool
Go to fixfile.online/tools/split-pdf.
Step 2: Upload Your PDF
Drag your PDF into the tool or click to select it. The file stays in your browser — no upload.
Step 3: Choose How to Split
- Split every page — Creates one PDF per page
- Split by range — Enter page ranges like "1-5, 6-10, 11-15"
- Extract specific pages — Choose individual pages by number
Step 4: Download
Each segment downloads as a separate PDF.
Alternative: Mac Preview
- Open PDF in Preview
- View → Thumbnails
- Select the pages you want to extract (Shift+click for range)
- File → Export Selected Pages as PDF
Alternative: Adobe Acrobat Pro
Tools → Organize Pages → Split. Choose by page count, file size, or bookmarks.
Tips
- Page numbers printed in the document may not match the physical PDF page numbers. Check the viewer's page counter, not the printed number.
- After splitting, you can re-merge in a different order using the Merge PDF tool.
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Frequently asked questions
Splitting creates new output files — it does not modify the original. The source PDF remains unchanged on your device. Our browser-based tool does not upload your file to any server, so the original is always under your control. Download the split files and verify them before deleting the original.
Yes — splitting works on any valid PDF regardless of whether it contains selectable text or scanned images. The split operation works at the page-object level, not the content level, so scanned pages split exactly the same as text-based pages. If you later need the split pages to have searchable text, run OCR on each output file separately.
Specify a range for each chunk: pages 1–5 for chunk 1, pages 6–10 for chunk 2, etc. Most split tools let you set an "every N pages" option to automate this. With our Split PDF tool, enter the page range for each output file you need. For very large PDFs with many chunks, PDF24 and Adobe Acrobat's batch split feature can automate the whole process.
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