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PDF splitter

Split one PDF by page, every N pages, or page ranges — see the plan, then download a ZIP or a single PDF.

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Add one PDF to see its split plan.

Drop a PDF on this card, paste with ⌘V / Ctrl+V, or choose a file. The plan appears immediately — there is no Split button.

PDF only · up to 50 MB · 2,000 pages · 500 parts.

The file stays in this tab: nothing is uploaded, stored or logged, and the page sends no network request.

No PDF at hand? Load a local six-page sample and split it into six files.

Split part preview

If the preview stays blank, open this part in a new tab or download it.

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How to use it

  1. Drop one PDF on the card, paste with ⌘V / Ctrl+V, or press “Choose PDF”. The default mode splits it into one file per page; the plan appears immediately and there is no Split button.
  2. Pick “Every N pages” to cut the document into fixed-size groups (the last file may be shorter), or “Page ranges” to make one file per range. Ranges accept commas, Chinese enumeration marks and Arabic commas; Arabic-Indic, Eastern Arabic and full-width digits are also accepted. Each range becomes its own PDF, and the page count in the result header counts repeated pages again.
  3. The status turns green and says “Split ready · N files” when every file is built. Download the ZIP, or a single PDF when the plan has only one part. Each row has its own preview and download button; preview opens in a dialog and never uploads anything.

Example

report.pdf — 6 pages

Every page → 6 PDFs
Every 2 pages → 3 PDFs
Ranges 1-3, 5 → 2 PDFs

What you get

report-p1.pdf … report-p6.pdf
report-p1-2.pdf, report-p3-4.pdf, report-p5-6.pdf
report-p1-3.pdf, report-p5.pdf

Output names come from the source file plus the page range and are never translated. The PDF title inside each file follows the page language. When a range repeats pages, each requested copy is kept.

Rules, limits and known issues

  • Nothing is uploaded: the PDF is read with the File API and split in this tab. The page sends no network request, writes nothing to storage, and keeps no history — a reload starts empty.
  • Page content is copied, not re-encoded. Images and fonts keep their original compression, so the parts together are usually about the size of the source, sometimes larger when resources are shared; this is not a compression tool.
  • Password-protected PDFs are rejected; there is no “ignore encryption” option. Open the file with its password and save an unprotected copy first.
  • Form fields are not carried over. Page appearances may survive, but the output is not a fillable form; flatten the form in the source if it must look exactly as it does now.
  • Bookmarks/outlines, attachments and document metadata (title, author, subject) are not copied. Each output gets a localised title and a YKit Creator/Producer tag. Links on the page usually survive, but links that point to named destinations or bookmarks may stop working.
  • Any split changes the bytes, so digital signatures are no longer valid. PDF/A, PDF/X and other conformance markers are not preserved either.
  • Overlapping ranges repeat pages: “1-3, 2-4” produces two files and counts six pages, even if the source has only four. This is your input, not an error, and the tool does not silently remove duplicates.
  • The ZIP is stored, not compressed, because PDFs are already compressed; it opens with standard unzip tools and the PDFs inside are byte-for-byte the same as individual downloads.
  • Limits: one PDF, 50 MB, 2,000 pages and 500 output files. Files over a limit are rejected; a plan over 500 parts asks you to increase pages per file or use fewer ranges. Jobs over 20 MB, 300 pages or 100 parts show a “may take a few seconds” hint.
  • Splitting runs on the main thread. Large jobs can occupy the tab for several seconds and make other interactions feel slow; the status shows building and packing progress while it works.
  • Preview uses your browser’s built-in PDF viewer, not page thumbnails. Inline display and mobile behaviour depend on the browser; if the preview area stays blank, open the part in a new tab or download it.
  • Output names replace path separators, control characters and reserved characters with “-”, trim the ends and cut long names; the source file itself is never modified.

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