Keep a page range or export every page as its own PDF. Processing happens on your device.
PDF Split takes one PDF and either pulls out the pages you name or breaks every page into its own file. Use the range mode when you need “pages 1 through 3 and page 5” as one smaller PDF. Use the single-page mode when each page should be a separate document, for example a stack of scanned receipts you want to file one by one.
Both modes run locally with pdf-lib. The tool reads the file, counts the pages, and copies only the pages you asked for into new PDF documents. It does not render the pages to images, so selectable text stays selectable. It also does not upload the file. One PDF at a time: dropping a new file replaces the previous one.
Range mode saves a single PDF whose name is the original name with the extension replaced by extracted.pdf, so report.pdf becomes report.extracted.pdf. Single-page mode names each piece from the original file name, a zero-padded page number, and .pdf — report-page-01.pdf, report-page-02.pdf, and so on. If there is more than one page, those files are packed in the browser with JSZip and downloaded as one archive, report.pages.zip. A one-page PDF in single-page mode downloads that lone PDF directly, with no zip.
The file must be a PDF of 80 MB or less. Larger files are refused so the tab does not run out of memory halfway through.
Write the range in the order you want only in the sense of a set of pages: the tool sorts the selected pages from lowest to highest. 5,1-2 becomes pages 1, 2, and 5, not page 5 first. If you need a custom order, extract the pieces separately and combine them with PDF Merge, where the arrow buttons set the order.
The page count you see is the count pdf-lib reads, which is the number of pages in the file, not a printed footer that says “Page 3 of 10” if that footer is wrong. Trust the count on the page.
Single-page zip files are convenient for emailing one receipt at a time later, but unzip before you open them in a reader that does not look inside zip archives. The PDFs inside are ordinary single-page files.
If you only wanted a smaller file and the pages themselves are fine, splitting is the wrong tool. PDF Compress shrinks images inside a PDF and leaves the page count alone.
An invalid range such as “1-3, 5a” or a word instead of a number fails with a message that the token is not a valid range. Stick to digits, hyphens, and commas.
A number past the last page fails and tells you how many pages the file has. The box starts at the full range after a successful read, so if you see an error about the page count, the file may have been replaced or the count may still be loading.
Password-protected PDFs cannot be opened. Remove the password in a reader that already has it, then split the unlocked copy. QuickConvert does not collect the password.
A damaged file, or a file that is not really a PDF, fails when it is loaded. The drop zone also rejects types that are not PDF before that point.
If the browser stalls on a long scan, memory is the limit. Split a copy that you have already cut down in another reader, or use a computer with more RAM. The failure still happens on your device; the file is not sitting on a server waiting to be retried.
The PDF is read in the browser. Page count, range parsing, copying pages, and building the zip all happen locally. The zip library runs in the page; it does not post the files anywhere. Downloads use a short-lived object URL that the page revokes about a second later. When you close the tab, the working copy is gone.
QuickConvert does not receive the document. Hosting the page, and optional Google Analytics or AdSense cookies on the public site, are separate from the file. Those are described in the Privacy Policy. For a longer look at what “in the browser” does and does not mean, read how to protect your privacy with online file tools.
Drop one PDF and the page reads it in your browser and tells you how many pages it has. Then choose one of two jobs. Extract a page range saves the pages you list, such as 1-3,5, as one new PDF ending in .extracted.pdf. Split into single pages saves every page as its own PDF and bundles them in a zip. Either way, pages are copied exactly; they are not turned into images, and the file never leaves your device.
An employer wants the signature page of a 30-page contract, or a portal wants the first two pages of a bank statement. Extract 30 or 1-2 and send a small file instead of the whole document.
A document feeder turned a pile of letters, statements, and receipts into one long PDF. Write down where each document starts and ends, then extract each range and rename it. The guide to separating a batch scan walks through it, including blank duplex backs.
To remove page 4 and page 9 from a 12-page file, extract 1-3,5-8,10-12. The result is the same document without those pages.
Split a scan of twenty receipts into single pages. You get receipts-page-01.pdf to receipts-page-20.pdf in one zip, ready to rename and file.
When even PDF Compress cannot fit a long scan under an upload cap, sending fewer pages or two separate parts often can.
1-5 keeps pages 1 to 5.1,3,5,7 keeps odd pages up to 7, useful for a duplex scan with blank backs.2-4,10 keeps pages 2, 3, 4, and 10.8,1-2 keeps pages 1, 2, and 8 in that order; pages are always saved lowest to highest.5-2 is rejected; write 2-5.Use commas and hyphens, for example 1-3,5,8-10. Page numbers start at 1. The result is a single PDF with those pages in order.
Page-range syntax, single-page zips, and how to pull a few pages out of a PDF without sending the file anywhere.
How to combine PDFs in order, what page content is copied, and what to check before you send the download.
How to tell a browser-side tool from an upload, and what QuickConvert still sends when your files stay on the device.
Scanned a whole stack of paperwork into one PDF? Map the page boundaries, drop the blank duplex backs, and extract each document into its own file with PDF Split.