Split PDF

Click page thumbnails to mark them for extraction, drag to reorder, then download a brand-new PDF with the selected pages. The original stays untouched. Runs entirely in your browser — no typing page numbers.

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Split PDF Online — Extract Pages Without Typing or Uploading

The split PDF tool at PDFGuru lets you pull any subset of pages out of a PDF document and save them as a fresh, standalone file — without typing a single page number. Drop your PDF, every page renders as a thumbnail, then simply click each page you want to extract. Drag the thumbnails to reorder them before downloading. Use it to isolate a chapter from a long report, separate a signed signature page, carve a contract into annexes, or redact unwanted front matter.

Unlike most online PDF splitters that ask you to type comma-separated page ranges and upload your entire document to a remote server, PDFGuru runs the operation in your browser using pdf-lib and pdf.js. When you click the Extract button, the page reads the source file into memory, copies the marked pages into a fresh PDF document in the order you arranged, and presents the finished download. No temporary file is ever created on any third-party server, and you never have to remember whether the range is 5–12 or 12–5.

The original PDF on your computer is never modified. Splitting simply produces a new file — the source remains byte-for-byte intact. Each marked thumbnail glows with a purple "Extract" overlay so you can see exactly which pages will end up in the output before the operation runs. Mark or unmark as many times as you like, drag the tiles to fine-tune the order, and use the "Select all" shortcut when you simply want to keep every page in a custom sequence.

Splitting is fast for documents of any reasonable size — a 500-page PDF splits in under a second on a modern CPU. The output preserves the encoding of the source, including embedded fonts and any text layer that pdf-lib can copy wholesale. There are no watermarks added to the result, no signup walls, and no daily limit.

Use the tool above confidently for legal, medical or financial documents — even those under GDPR, HIPAA or NDA obligations. The browser never reveals anything to the network during processing, and the file is discarded from memory the moment you close the tab.

Split PDF — Frequently Asked Questions

Hover a page thumbnail, then click the purple check in the top-right corner to mark it. Each marked page wears a purple "Extract" overlay so you can see exactly what will be saved. Click again to unmark. You can also drag the thumbnails into a new order before extracting.
This tool produces one extracted PDF per run. Need many splits? Run the tool multiple times — outputs never interfere with the source, and since nothing is uploaded each run is instant.
No. The original file is only read. A brand-new PDF is built from the marked pages and downloaded separately. The source on disk remains byte-for-byte intact.
If the source has owner-level restrictions that do not require a viewing password, the splitter will silently ignore the restriction. Fully encrypted PDFs that require a viewing password cannot be processed.
Printing only specific pages to a new PDF can re-encode fonts and break links. The splitter copies structures directly so metadata, text layers and links survive — and you can reorder pages on the fly without any extra tool.