Split PDF — Extract Pages Online Free

Extract just the pages you need into a new PDF, or split every page into its own file in a ZIP — without uploading anything.

Pick the pages you want from thumbnails of every page, then save them as a new PDF, or split all of them into one-page files bundled in a single ZIP.

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How to split a PDF (3 steps)

1. Open your PDF. Every page is shown as a thumbnail.
2. Click the pages you want (or select all).
3. Choose a single file or a ZIP as the output, then split.

Splitting vs. extracting pages

People often use these words interchangeably, but the results are clearly different, and picking the wrong one means doing the job again.

• You want only some pages, such as pages 3–5 — select those pages and combine them into one file. You get a single PDF containing only the selected pages.
• You want every page separated — select all pages and choose the option to split into multiple files. You get a ZIP with one PDF per page.
• You want to break a long document into parts by file size — use Split PDF by Size. You get several files, each no larger than the size you set.
• You want to get rid of a few pages — use Delete PDF Pages. You get the original file minus the pages you don't want.

Selecting pages faster

After you open a file, every page appears as a thumbnail you can click to select. A few ways to go faster than clicking page by page:

• Press select all, then click to deselect only the pages you don't want — quicker when you need almost every page.
• Preview before selecting — press the 🔍 button on the file card to enlarge all the pages and make sure you have the right ones, especially in scanned documents where pages look alike.
• In long documents, go by the number under each thumbnail. It matches the page's actual position in the file, not the number printed on the paper, which may differ if the document has a cover.

Common uses

• Sending only the pages that were asked for — for example, just the signature pages of a contract, or only the relevant page of an official record. Sending only what's needed is safer than sending the whole document, because you don't reveal information nobody asked for.
• Separating invoices or receipts printed into one file — accounting systems often export dozens of invoices as a single PDF. If each customer needs their own, use the multiple-files option to get them all in one ZIP, then rename the files for each customer.
• Dividing a scan that contains several documents — scanning everything in one go and splitting afterwards is faster than scanning each document separately.

Good to know before you split

• No loss of quality — extracted pages carry exactly the same data as the original. Nothing is compressed or converted.
• Password-protected files — enter the password first. The file is unlocked on your device and the split continues.
• Signatures and forms — image signatures on the selected pages come along, but digital signatures can't be verified in the new file, and form fields may stop working. Check the result before sending.
• Output size — may not shrink in proportion to the number of pages, because fonts and other resources are shared across the whole document. If you need a genuinely small file, compress it as a further step.

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