Split PDF

Pick a page range to extract from your PDF. Everything happens in your browser.

Splitting a PDF means pulling out exactly the pages you want and saving them as a new file. Maybe you want chapter three of a long manual, or pages 5 and 12 from a contract. Converterzilla makes it a one-line job: drop the PDF, type the pages you need (like 1-3, 5, 8-10), and get a fresh PDF with just those pages — all without uploading anything.

How to use Split PDF in your browser

  1. Drop the PDF you want to split. Drag a single PDF onto the upload area or click to choose one. Converterzilla reads it locally and shows you how many pages it contains.
  2. Type the page range. Use commas and dashes — for example, 1-3, 5, 8-10 will extract pages 1 to 3, page 5, and pages 8 to 10 in one go. Pages are 1-indexed.
  3. Click Split PDF. Converterzilla pulls just those pages from the source PDF and assembles them into a brand-new file in the order you typed.
  4. Save the new PDF. The extracted pages download as filename-split.pdf. The original file stays untouched on your disk.

Why use Converterzilla for Split PDF

Truly private

PDFs often contain sensitive information. Splitting in the browser means we never see your file — there's no server-side copy.

Flexible page selection

Mix individual pages and ranges in one operation. Re-order them in the output by typing them out of order.

Lossless extraction

Pages are copied byte-for-byte from the source. Text remains selectable, fonts stay sharp, images keep their resolution.

Instant preview of page count

As soon as you drop the file, we tell you how many pages it has so you can pick a sensible range.

Frequently asked questions about Split PDF

Run the splitter once for each output file you want. For example, to split a 30-page document into three 10-page files, extract 1-10, then 11-20, then 21-30.

Yes. Type a single number like 5 in the page range field and Converterzilla will produce a one-page PDF with just that page.

No. We copy pages from the source PDF as-is, so the extracted file is identical in quality to the original.

There's no hard limit. Splitting works as long as your device has enough memory to load the source PDF — typically several hundred megabytes is fine.

Privacy and speed. Upload-based tools transmit your full PDF to a server before doing anything; on a 50 MB document over typical home internet that's 30-90 seconds of waiting. Browser-based splitting starts immediately because the file is already in your computer's memory.

Not without unlocking it first. Use our Unlock PDF tool with the password you have, then split the unlocked copy.

Yes. We copy pages including their text layer, so search (Cmd-F) and copy-paste continue to work. Scanned PDFs that were OCR'd before splitting also retain their text layer.

Further reading and references

Related browser-based tools

Merge PDF

Recombine extracted pages with other PDFs.

Compress PDF

Shrink the extracted file for sharing.

Page Numbers

Add fresh page numbers to the extracted document.

Add Watermark

Mark extracted pages as draft or confidential.