Drop in one PDF and break it into many: one file per page, custom ranges like 1-3, 5, 8-10, every N pages, or just the pages you pick from the thumbnails. Download each part on its own, or grab the whole set as a single .zip. One PDF in, the pieces you actually need out.
Every page is carved on your device, so the file is never uploaded to a server. That matters when the document is a signed contract, a medical record, or a bank statement you can't paste into a random website — switch on airplane mode and Split still works, which is the proof nothing left your machine.
Drop in any PDF and it loads straight into the browser tab — no account, no upload step. Split reads the page count and renders a small thumbnail of every page so you can see exactly what you're working with.
Pick one file per page, type custom ranges like 1-3, 5, 8-10, split every N pages into even chunks, or click the pages you want from the thumbnail grid. Split shows how many files your plan will produce before you commit.
Save each new PDF on its own, or download every part at once as a single .zip. All of it runs on your device, so even a long document is split without anything being sent anywhere.
A 90-page court bundle often needs to become separate exhibits — pages 1-3 as Exhibit A, 12-18 as Exhibit B — each filed or served on its own. Split lets you type those ranges once and export each as a standalone PDF with the text layer intact, so opposing counsel and the clerk get clean, searchable files. Because the bundle is never uploaded, a privileged document never passes through a third-party site.
A scanned packet might hold several patients' intake forms or a stack of personnel files in one PDF, and they have to be split so each person's pages live in their own document before going into the EHR or HRIS. Split carves the file by range or by the pages you select from the thumbnails, entirely on your device, so PHI and personnel data stay inside your HIPAA or NDA boundary. No upload means no business-associate agreement to chase with a converter site.
A merged month-end PDF — many statements, or a long report with distinct sections — usually needs to be split so each client, vendor, or department gets only their pages. Split by even N-page chunks for uniform statements, or by custom ranges for a structured report, then download everything as one .zip for the records system. Account numbers and figures never leave the machine.
You only need to email the signed page of a lease, the one form a portal asked for, or a single chapter of a long manual — not the entire file. Open the PDF, click the pages you want from the grid, and export just those as a new PDF in seconds, with no signup. The free tier covers a quick one-off split without making an account.
Split reads your PDF with pdf.js to get the page count and render the thumbnail previews, then uses pdf-lib to copy whole pages into brand-new PDFs — one per page, one per range, even chunks, or just the pages you picked. Crucially it copies the original page objects rather than re-rendering them to images, so text stays selectable and searchable, vector graphics stay crisp, and form fields and links that live on a page come across intact. Nothing is rasterized, recompressed, or downscaled, which means each part is byte-faithful to the source pages and there's no quality loss. The result is a set of normal PDFs that open in any reader exactly like the original.
Splitting carves pages; it doesn't rewrite content, so a few things behave the way the PDF format dictates. A link or bookmark that pointed from one page to another page now in a different output file can't follow across the split — the destination simply isn't in that part anymore — and document-level bookmarks (the outline) aren't rebuilt for each piece. Page-level content, including links and fields on the same page, is preserved. If you need the reverse operation — stitching PDFs back into one — use Merge PDF; if you need to reorder or delete pages instead of separating them, Organize PDF is the better fit. For most jobs (extracting ranges, peeling off single pages, chunking a long file) the split is exact and complete.
Most free "split PDF" sites work by uploading your whole document to their servers, splitting it there, and sending the parts back — which means the complete file, every page of it, sits on someone else's machine before you get anything. The documents people most want to split are exactly the sensitive ones: contracts, medical packets, statements, personnel files. Split does the entire job in your browser, so the PDF is never transmitted, never stored, and never used for training. You can prove it the simplest way there is: turn on airplane mode mid-task and it keeps working, because there was never a round-trip to a server in the first place.
No. Split runs entirely in your browser, so your PDF never leaves your device — it's never uploaded, stored, or used for training. You can turn off wifi or switch to airplane mode and it still splits, which is the proof nothing is being sent to a server.
Yes, you can split a PDF free with no signup to try. The free tier covers everyday documents, and Pro ($9/mo or $69/yr) unlocks bigger documents, splitting by custom ranges, downloading all parts as a .zip, and unlimited history across every nimbril tool. A single-app plan is $4/mo.
Yes. Type ranges like 1-3, 5, 8-10 and each becomes its own PDF, so you can carve out chapters or sections in one pass. You can also split every N pages into even chunks, or hand-pick pages from the thumbnail grid. It tolerates spaces, the word "to", and en-dashes, and an open range like 5- means page 5 to the end.
Yes. Splitting copies whole pages into new PDFs rather than re-rendering them, so the text stays selectable and searchable, images stay sharp, and links and form fields on a page carry over intact. Nothing is rasterized or recompressed, so each part is lossless.
Yes. Save each new PDF individually, or download the entire set as one .zip so you don't have to click through every file. ZIP export is a Pro feature; the .zip is built on your device, not on a server.
The free tier handles documents up to 100 pages and 50 MB (lower on phones to stay within memory). Pro raises that to 500 pages and 200 MB per file. Either way the whole document is processed in your browser.
Yes. Because everything happens on your device, you can disconnect from the internet entirely and still load a PDF, choose your split, and download the parts. Working offline is the clearest proof your file is never uploaded.