How to Split a PDF: Extract Pages or Whole Sections
How to split a PDF is a common question when you only need specific pages from a document. Whether you want to extract a single page or split a PDF into multiple sections, the process is quick and easy. This guide explains how to split a PDF step by step so you can organize, save, and share only the pages you need.
Two ways to split
Split All Pages produces one PDF per page — useful for breaking down a scanned batch or distributing each page individually. Custom Ranges lets you specify exactly which pages go into which output file, using comma-separated notation like 1-3, 5, 7-10. Each range becomes its own PDF.
How to write page ranges
Single pages: 5, 8, 12 creates three single-page PDFs. Continuous ranges: 1-10 creates one PDF containing pages 1 through 10. Mixed: 1-3, 7, 12-15 creates three PDFs (pages 1-3, page 7, pages 12-15).
Common splitting workflows
Extracting a signed page to send back to the other party. Breaking a long PDF into chapters before sharing with different recipients. Splitting a scanned batch where each scan should be its own file. Pulling specific evidence pages out of a litigation document.
What about quality?
Splitting doesn't re-render or re-compress pages — it copies the original page objects byte-for-byte into new PDFs. Output pages are identical to inputs in resolution, fonts, and embedded content.