Split PDF Files

Extract pages from your PDF. Select specific pages to extract.

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Select PDF file

or drop PDF file here

What does splitting a PDF mean?

Splitting a PDF means extracting a subset of pages from a multi-page document into one or more output files. You can extract each selected page as its own individual PDF, or combine all selected pages into a single smaller PDF. PDFLE's split tool shows visual thumbnails of every page, so you can identify exactly which pages to extract before processing.

How to split a PDF online — step by step

  1. Upload your PDF — click "Select PDF file" or drag the file into the drop zone. PDFLE renders a thumbnail for each page.
  2. Select the pages to extract — click on individual page thumbnails to select them, or use "Select All" / "Deselect All" for bulk selection.
  3. Choose the split mode — select "Split into separate files" to get one PDF per page, or "Extract as single file" to merge selected pages into one PDF.
  4. Click "Extract Selected Pages" — PDFLE processes the selection and prepares the output.
  5. Download — save the resulting file(s) to your device.

When to split a PDF

  • Extracting a single chapter from a large book or manual
  • Sharing specific pages of a report without sending the entire document
  • Isolating a signed page from a multi-page contract
  • Separating a combined invoice PDF into individual invoices for accounting
  • Breaking a large scanned document into smaller, manageable files for archiving

No file size limit applies to the split tool. The split operation runs locally in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded to a server.

Related tools: merge multiple PDFs into one document, reorder pages after splitting, or compress the extracted PDF to reduce its size.