Split PDF — Free Online
Pull out just the chapter, form or certificate you need — or remove blank and duplicate pages. Page ranges like 1-3, 5, 8-10 work exactly as you'd expect, with lossless quality.
Drop a PDF to split
Extract pages, delete pages, or save every page as its own PDF
100% private — processed on your deviceHow to use the Split PDF
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Add your PDF
Drop the document and see how many pages it has.
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Say which pages
Type ranges (1-3, 5) or tap presets like First half. Choose Extract, Delete, or one-PDF-per-page.
- 3
Download
Get your new PDF — or a tidy ZIP when splitting into many singles. Original quality, text still selectable.
Why use Tools Stars for this?
- Three jobs in one: extract, delete, or explode into single-page PDFs
- Flexible ranges with friendly error messages if a page doesn't exist
- Lossless — pages are copied, never re-rendered or degraded
- ZIP download for bulk single-page splits
- Documents never upload: safe for bank statements & private files
What splitting actually does inside a PDF
A PDF is not a long picture; it is a container of page objects, each holding its own text, vector shapes and references to shared resources such as fonts and images. Splitting here works at that object level: the pages you ask for are copied, intact, into a brand-new document. Nothing is re-rendered, re-compressed or rasterised, which is why the output keeps selectable text, sharp vectors and working links — and why the job finishes in a second or two instead of minutes.
One consequence surprises people: an extracted page rarely weighs its proportional share of the original file. Fonts and images are stored once per document, so a single page pulled from a 200-page report can carry a font subset or an embedded logo with it. If your extract seems heavier than expected, that shared baggage is the usual reason — not a bug in the split.
Extract, delete, or one PDF per page: choosing the right mode
The three modes cover genuinely different jobs. Extract is for pulling something out: one chapter, a signed form, the certificate buried on page 14 of a scan. Delete is the same operation inverted — you list the pages you do not want, which is the fastest way to clear blank separators and duplicate scans from a photocopied document. Each page = 1 PDF is for filing: every page becomes its own named file, page-1, page-2 and so on, which suits invoice bundles and scanned receipts that need to be sorted later.
When a split produces many files, downloading them one by one is tedious, so the results panel offers a single ZIP instead. Ranges accept commas and dashes (1-3, 5, 8-10), an open end like 3- for “page 3 to the last”, and the presets fill common cases in one tap. Every number is validated against the document's real page count, so a typo tells you which page does not exist rather than failing silently.
Frequently asked questions
How do page ranges work?
Use commas and dashes: '1-3, 5, 8-10' means pages 1,2,3,5,8,9,10. '3-' means page 3 to the end. We validate against your document's actual page count.
Can I remove blank pages from a scan?
Yes — choose 'Delete pages' and list the blanks (e.g. 4, 9, 15). You get one cleaned PDF with everything else in order.
Does splitting reduce quality?
No, it is a lossless page copy. Text remains selectable and images are untouched.
What about password-protected PDFs?
Locked PDFs need their password removed first. Open it in your PDF viewer and print-to-PDF to make an unlocked copy.
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