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Split PDF

Pull out the pages you need and leave the rest.

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Split PDF Split on your device

Drop a PDF here

Pull out the pages you need, or break it into one file per page. The document is read on your device and never uploaded.

Reading the document…

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Ranges, single pages, or leave an end open — 1-3, 7, 12-

Drop a PDF to choose pages.

Your document is split on your device and never uploaded.

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About the Pathine Split PDF

Pulls pages out of a PDF. Either take a selection into one new document — pages 1 to 3 and 7, say — or break the whole thing into one file per page.

Pages can be chosen two ways, and they stay in step: type ranges like 1-3, 7, 12- into the field, or click the page numbers. Clicking rewrites the field, so you are never left wondering which of the two the tool is actually going to use.

Everything runs in this browser tab. PDFs people split are usually contracts, statements, medical letters and scans of identity documents, and the alternative is uploading those to a server you know nothing about. The pages are copied as they are, so text stays selectable and nothing is flattened into an image.


When you'd reach for it

Sending one section of a long report

Extracting the four pages someone actually needs is kinder than attaching ninety and telling them where to look.

Separating documents that were scanned together

A stack fed through a scanner comes back as one file. Splitting per page, or by range, gets you back to separate documents.

Removing pages you would rather not share

Bank statements and payslips often carry more than the recipient needs. Selecting only the relevant pages means the rest is never sent at all.

Getting a file under an upload limit

When a portal caps attachment size, splitting a long document into parts is usually faster than trying to compress it enough.


How to split a PDF

  1. Add your PDF

    Drop it here or choose a file. The page count appears immediately, and the whole range is selected to start with.

  2. Choose the pages

    Type ranges — 1-3, 7, 12- for pages one to three, seven, and twelve to the end — or click the numbers. Either way updates the other.

  3. Or split every page

    Switch to “Every page separately” and each page becomes its own file. They arrive together as a zip.

  4. Download

    A selection downloads as a single PDF named after the pages you chose. Your original file is untouched.


Common questions

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. It is read and rewritten in this browser tab. That is the point: the documents people split are contracts, statements and scans of identity papers, and every other free splitter asks you to upload them first.

How do I write the page ranges?

Commas separate entries and a hyphen makes a range: 1-3, 7, 12- means pages one to three, page seven, and page twelve to the end. Order does not matter and repeats are ignored — 3, 1, 3 gives you pages one and three, in that order.

Why are there no page previews?

Rendering thumbnails needs about two megabytes of extra JavaScript, which is more than the rest of this site put together, and page numbers are what most people are working from anyway. Keeping the page fast was the better trade.

Does splitting reduce quality?

No. Pages are copied from the original exactly — text stays selectable and searchable, images are not re-compressed, and nothing is rasterised.

Will it open a password-protected PDF?

No, and it says so instead of producing a broken file. Remove the password in your PDF reader first, then split.

Can I reorder pages while splitting?

Pages come out in their original order regardless of how you list them. To change the order, extract the parts you want and then put them back together with Merge PDF.

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