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Extract pages from a PDF

Pull out the two pages someone actually asked for, without touching the rest of the document.

Split PDF — free and local

Splits one PDF into page ranges or a single file per page, delivered as a ZIP.

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How to do it

Enter the pages you need as ranges — 1-3, 7 — and each range becomes its own PDF. Pages are copied, never re-rendered, so quality and the text layer survive intact.

Every output file is named after the original with the page number appended, so a folder of splits stays sortable instead of turning into document(3)(final).pdf.

Why splitting beats re-printing

Printing selected pages to a new PDF is the office workaround, but it re-renders every page: text becomes an image in some drivers, links and form fields disappear, and file size often grows. Splitting copies the original page objects instead, so nothing is lost.

It also preserves the page geometry exactly — no scaling to fit a paper size, no accidental margins.

Privacy, since page ranges are revealing

The pages you choose to extract can reveal what you were asked for: a specific clause, a specific invoice, one employee record. Doing that on a server means handing over the unredacted whole. Here the file never leaves the tab, and the original is never modified.

Questions

Does splitting reduce quality?

No. Pages are copied into a new document without re-encoding, so resolution and the text layer are preserved exactly.

How do I get multiple files at once?

They arrive as a single ZIP. One range produces one PDF and downloads directly; several produce a ZIP named after the source file.

Can I split a password-protected PDF?

Only after removing its password — encrypted pages cannot be read without it.

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