Split a PDF by page range
Pull out the pages you want using a range such as 1-3,7.
Processed in your browser. This file is converted on your device and is never uploaded.
Converter
.pdf up to 100 MB. You can also drag a file here.
No file selected.
About this tool
Sending someone the two pages they asked for, rather than the forty-page report they did not, is usually a matter of pulling out a range. This tool builds a new document from the pages you name.
Ranges are written the way you would say them: "1-3,7" means the first three pages and the seventh, and "9-" means from page nine to the end.
Supported formats and limits
- Input
- Output
- .pdf (application/pdf)
- Output name
- The original name with the new extension, for example data.pdf becomes data-pages.pdf.
- File size limit
- 100 MB
- Processing
- In your browser. The file is not uploaded.
How to use it
- Choose a .pdf file. Its page count and previews appear below.
- Write the pages to keep, for example 1-3,5 or 9-.
- Select Convert, then download the new document.
Limitations
- One document is produced, containing the pages you named in the order you named them. Splitting into several separate files at once is not supported.
- Form fields, signatures, bookmarks, and internal links are not preserved.
- Password-protected documents cannot be opened.
- Pages are copied whole. There is no way to crop or extract part of a page.
- A page number beyond the end of the document is rejected rather than ignored, so a typo does not silently produce the wrong file.
Common problems
The file was refused before anything started.
Split a PDF by page range checks the extension before it reads a byte, and it accepts .pdf. Browsers report file types inconsistently enough that the extension is what decides.
Rename the file if the extension is simply wrong, or convert it to one of those first. A file whose extension does not match its contents is refused for the same reason, and that one needs converting rather than renaming.
It said the file was too large.
The limit here is 100 MB. It is not a policy but a measurement: everything runs on your own device, and past that size a phone runs out of memory rather than finishing slowly.
Split the file, reduce it before converting, or use a desktop program for that one. A machine with more memory will manage more, but the limit does not know which machine it is on.
I selected several files and only one converted.
This tool takes one file at a time. Doing several at once would multiply the memory in use, which is the thing most likely to fail on a phone.
Convert them one after another. Nothing is kept between them, so there is no state to reset.
Nothing happened for a long time on the first run.
Split a PDF by page range downloads a library before it can begin, and it is fetched once and then reused. That wait is before the conversion rather than during it, which is why the progress bar sits still.
Leave the tab open and in the foreground; a background tab is throttled by the browser. Every conversion after the first one in a session skips this.
The tab reloaded itself part-way through.
The browser ran out of memory and restarted the page. At sizes approaching 100 MB this is the failure a phone hits first, and it looks like a crash rather than an error.
Try a smaller file, close other tabs, or run it on a computer. Nothing was uploaded or lost — the original file is untouched on your device.
The result opened in the wrong program.
The output is a .pdf file, and your system opens that extension with whatever it was told to. Nothing about the conversion decides it.
Open it from inside the program you want, or change the default for .pdf in your system settings. The file itself is correct.
Frequently asked questions
- Is my document uploaded?
- No. The split runs entirely in your browser. The document never leaves your device.
- How do I write a range?
- Use numbers and dashes separated by commas. "2" is one page, "2-5" is four pages, "5-" runs to the end, and "-3" starts from the first page. They can be combined: "1,4-6,10-".
- Can I reverse the pages?
- Yes. Pages come out in the order you write them, so 3,2,1 produces a reversed document. The reorder tool is easier for anything more involved.
- Does the file get smaller?
- Usually, but not in proportion. Fonts and images shared across the document may be carried into the new file even if only some pages used them.
- Do I need to install anything or create an account to use Split a PDF by page range?
- No, to all of it. Split a PDF by page range runs inside the browser you already have, with no sign-up, no download, no watermark on the result, and no cap on how many files you convert. There is nothing to uninstall afterwards either, because nothing was installed.
- Does Split a PDF by page range work offline?
- Once the page has loaded, yes. The conversion runs on your device, so it needs no connection to do the work. The first visit fetches the page and the code that does the converting; after that a lost connection stops nothing, and a converted file appears exactly as it would online.
- How large a file can Split a PDF by page range handle?
- The limit is 100 MB. It is a deliberate one rather than a technical ceiling: the real constraint is memory, and a file that decodes to more than the device can hold fails in a way that is hard to explain. Phones run out well before laptops do, which is why the limit is set where it is.
- Can I convert several files at once with Split a PDF by page range?
- Not here: this tool takes one file at a time, because what it does depends on choices you make about that particular file. Convert them one after another, or look at the batch converters in the same category, which are built for a folder at a time.