How to Split a PDF: Extract Pages or Whole Sections
Splitting a PDF lets you pull a single signature page out of a 200-page contract, isolate a chapter from an ebook, or break a scanned batch into one file per page. PDFPuddle does this entirely in your browser using PDF.js, so even sensitive documents never reach a server.
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.