Split PDF — Extract Pages

Despite the name, this tool doesn't chop a PDF into many files at once. Each run takes the pages you list and saves them as a single new PDF called extracted-pages.pdf. To split a document into parts, run it once per part.

After you pick a file, the tool tells you how many pages it has. Say it's 20 pages and you want two halves:

1. Type 1-10 and download. Rename the file to something like part-1.pdf.
2. Type 11-20 and download again, then rename that one too.

Most browsers add a number to the second extracted-pages.pdf, so renaming as you go saves confusion later. The original file is never changed.

Separate entries with commas. An entry is either a single page number or two numbers joined by a hyphen. Spaces are ignored. Results below are for a 10-page PDF unless stated.

If nothing valid is left, you get the error No valid pages in that range. The box starts filled with 1-3, so change it before you run.

The split file doesn't keep the original's bookmarks, so look up the chapter start pages before you start. Open the PDF in your usual viewer, click through the bookmarks, and note the page number where each chapter begins. Count from the first page of the file, not from the number printed in the footer. Front matter such as a title page and contents often makes those two differ.

With chapters starting on pages 1, 9 and 23 of a 40-page file, the three runs are 1-8, 9-22 and 23-40.