# Split PDF

Canonical URL: https://offlineutils.com/pdf-split
Category: PDF
Published: 2026-06-24
Publisher: offlineutils.com
Runs entirely in the browser; nothing entered into the tool is uploaded.

> A PDF splitter extracts a subset of pages from a PDF or breaks it into separate files, running in your browser so the source document is never uploaded.

Open a PDF and either pull out a page range (e.g. 1-3, 8) into a new file, or burst the whole document into one PDF per page, downloaded together as a ZIP. pdf-lib copies the selected pages losslessly, so the output keeps the original text and vectors. Everything happens locally — useful when the PDF is a bank statement, a contract, or anything you'd rather not upload.

## Features

- Extract a custom page range into a new PDF
- Burst a PDF into one file per page (downloaded as a ZIP)
- Lossless page copying — text and vectors preserved
- Page-range parser accepts lists and ranges (1-3, 5, 8)
- Runs entirely in your browser; nothing uploaded

## Use cases

- Pulling a single signed page out of a long contract
- Extracting one statement from a year's worth of merged PDFs
- Breaking a scanned booklet into individual pages
- Sharing only the relevant pages of a report

## How to use it

1. **Open a PDF** — Drop a single PDF file to load it.
2. **Choose pages** — Enter a page range to extract, or pick burst mode to split every page.
3. **Download** — Download the extracted PDF, or the ZIP of single-page PDFs.

## When to use it, and when to use something else

- **vs Online split services** — use Split PDF when the file is confidential and shouldn't be uploaded. Use Online split services when you need server-side OCR or compression too.
- **vs Print-to-PDF a page range** — use Split PDF when you want lossless extraction that keeps selectable text. Use Print-to-PDF a page range when you only have a print dialog handy.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I specify which pages to extract?

Type a range like 1-3, 5, 8-10. The tool validates it against the document length and extracts exactly those pages in order.

### What does burst mode do?

It creates one PDF per page and packages them into a ZIP you download in one click — handy for splitting a scanned batch.

### Is the split lossless?

Yes. Pages are copied with pdf-lib without re-encoding, so text stays selectable and quality is unchanged.

### Does the file leave my device?

Never. Splitting runs in your browser; the Network tab stays empty.

## Related tools

- https://offlineutils.com/pdf-merge
- https://offlineutils.com/pdf-organize
- https://offlineutils.com/pdf-to-images