Four ways to split
- Extract pages into one PDF makes a single new file with only the pages you pick, in page order. Use it to send just the signed page of a contract or one chapter of a report.
- Every page as its own PDF saves each page as a separate file, such as scan-page-4.pdf.
- Split every few pages cuts the file into equal parts, for example every 2 pages for a stack of two-page forms. The last part is shorter if the pages don’t divide evenly.
- Split at page ranges makes one file per range you type. 1-10, 11-25, 26- gives three files, and a range ending in a dash runs to the last page.
Typing pages
Separate pages and ranges with commas: 1-3, 5, 9-12. Spaces don’t matter, and repeated pages are counted once when extracting. You can also tap the page pictures to pick pages; the box and the pictures stay in step, so you can type a range and then tap to fine-tune it.
What stays the same
Pages are copied as they are, so text stays selectable and searchable, and links on the page, page sizes and rotation are kept. Nothing is re-compressed, so quality doesn’t drop. Bookmarks and fillable form fields that belong to the whole document may not come across, because the new files hold only some of the pages.
Large files and privacy
You can split a PDF of up to 100 MB into as many as 300 files at once. The work runs in a background worker on your device, so the page stays responsive while big files are processed. Your file is opened and processed in your browser, so it is never uploaded to a server. To delete a few pages instead of keeping them, Remove PDF Pages is quicker; to put files back together, use Merge PDF.