Pull out an exact page range, or break a PDF into single pages. Everything happens on your device. No sign-up, no watermarks.
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Use commas for separate pages and a dash for a range. Leave blank for all pages.
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How it works
Three steps, done.
No registration, no watermarks, no nonsense.
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Add your PDF
Drag and drop or click to browse. One PDF, up to 100MB. We read its page count instantly.
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Choose your pages
Type a range like 1-3, 5 to extract specific pages, or pick "every page" to separate them all.
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Get a single PDF or a ZIP of pages — built on your device in seconds, never uploaded.
Questions
Split PDF — FAQ
Everything you need to know about splitting PDF files.
Yes, completely free. No hidden plans, no watermarks, no credit card required. Split as many PDFs as you want with no daily limits like Smallpdf or iLovePDF impose.
No. The split happens entirely inside your browser using JavaScript. Your PDF never leaves your device, which makes PDFduck safe for contracts, statements, and confidential documents.
Yes. Type a range like 1-3, 5, 8-10 and PDFduck builds a single new PDF containing exactly those pages in that order. Or choose to split every page into its own file.
You get a ZIP file containing one PDF per page — page-1.pdf, page-2.pdf, and so on — so a 10-page document becomes 10 separate single-page PDFs in one download.
No. Pages are copied exactly as they are. Text stays selectable, images keep their resolution, and fonts are preserved. Nothing is re-compressed or rasterized.
Yes. PDFduck works in any modern mobile browser on iPhone, iPad, and Android. No app download is needed.
Learn More
The complete guide to splitting PDFs
Why split a PDF, the difference between extracting a range and separating every page, and how to get exactly the pages you need.
Why split a PDF?
Sometimes a PDF holds more than you want to share. A 40-page report where the reader only needs the summary. A bank statement where you must submit just one month. A scanned booklet you'd rather store page by page. Splitting lets you keep only the pages that matter:
Share less, not more — Send the three relevant pages of a contract instead of the whole forty-page bundle.
Meet upload limits — Break a large document into smaller pieces that fit a portal's size cap.
Remove private pages — Extract the pages a recipient needs and leave personal details out.
Reorganize — Pull pages out, then recombine them in a new order with a merge tool.
Extract a range vs. separate every page
PDFduck gives you two ways to split, depending on what you need:
Extract pages — Type something like 1-3, 5, 8-10 and you get a single new PDF containing exactly those pages, in that order. This is the choice for "I just need these few pages."
Every page separately — Turn a multi-page PDF into one file per page, delivered as a ZIP (page-1.pdf, page-2.pdf, …). This is the choice for "I want each page on its own."
Tip: To remove a page, just extract every page except that one — for a 10-page file missing page 4, enter 1-3, 5-10.
How browser-based splitting protects your privacy
Most online splitters — Smallpdf, iLovePDF, and similar — upload your whole PDF to their servers to process it. For a statement, a medical record, or a contract, that means a private file leaves your control, even briefly.
PDFduck never uploads anything. When you drop a PDF here, your browser reads it locally and writes out the pages you asked for using JavaScript on your own device. The file stays with you the entire time — which is exactly what you want for anything sensitive.
Tips for splitting cleanly
Check the page count first — PDFduck shows how many pages your PDF has the moment you add it, so your range stays in bounds.
Order matters in a range — Entering 5, 1, 3 produces a PDF with pages in that order, not sorted. Type them the way you want them.
Big documents take a moment — A few hundred pages will process in seconds on your device; just wait for the download.
Recombine when needed — Split first, then use Merge PDF to reassemble pages in a new arrangement.
More free PDF tools
PDFduck's PDF and image tools all run in your browser, free and unlimited:
Merge PDF — Combine several PDFs into one document.