Sometimes you only need part of a PDF: a single signed page, one chapter, or every page as its own file. ToolOrbit’s Split PDF tool extracts exactly what you want, processing the document locally with pdf-lib.
Two ways to split
- Extract a range: enter something like 1-3,5 to pull those pages into a new PDF.
- Split every page: download each page as its own separate PDF file.
Splitting a PDF by page range
- Drop in or select your PDF — the tool shows the page count.
- Type the pages to extract, or choose Split every page.
- Download the extracted PDF or the individual page files.
Lossless by design
Splitting copies the original pages exactly; nothing is recompressed or re-rendered. The extracted file looks identical to the source, just shorter, and it never leaves your browser.
When splitting is the right move
- A 40-page report where the client only needs the executive summary — send pages 1–4.
- A signed agreement where only the signature page plus terms must be retained.
- A single scanned chapter you need as a separate file for an archive.
- Isolating one page to fix orientation, then merging it back after rotating.
Splitting vs deleting pages
Digital splitting writes a new file containing the pages you keep. Deleting pages writes a new file containing all pages except the ones you remove. They are complements: use split when you know which pages you want, and delete when you know which ones you want gone. For a sensitive section that must not exist in the file at all, prefer redirecting to a task that removes the page entirely rather than just hiding it.
Keep every side of the split intentional
A cover page, signature page or title page is worth more to your reader than the bulk it protects — decide whether either chunk should keep it. Splitting on the right page numbers, then merging the pieces you want to keep with the pages you held back, lets you assemble exactly the composition a recipient needs: scenario copies, consent forms, archived only-a-certain-section files.
- Filename the chunks (“terms-only.pdf”, “appendix.pdf”) so reuse is obvious.
- Split first, verify orientation, then merge — avoid a second round-trip.
- Check the extracted range has the right first and last page: include the boundaries you mean.
