Split PDF
Split PDF is a flexible way to slice a document: pick the pages you need right on the thumbnails, type ranges like 1-3, 5, 7-9, or export every page as its own file. The result can be a single PDF or a ZIP archive. Fully local processing.
When do you need it?
- Extract just the chapters you need from a big book.
- Send a client a couple of pages instead of a whole contract.
- Turn a 100-page scan into a ZIP of separate pages.
- Drop the cover page and keep the main body.
Key features
- Three modes: selected pages, custom ranges, or each page as a file.
- Output as a single PDF or a ZIP archive — your choice.
- Visual page picking on thumbnails.
- Range input auto-clamps to the actual page count.
How to use
- Upload or drag & drop your file — everything runs right in your browser.
- Pick your options and hit the process button.
- Download the result — fast, free, no account required.
Safety & privacy
The file is opened and split right in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored.
Genuinely free — no limits
KitsyApp is 100% free — no signup, no daily limits, no watermarks. Processing quality is on par with paid tools like Smallpdf or iLovePDF, and your files are processed on your own device instead of someone else's server.
Splitting PDFs: getting exactly the pages you need
How splitting differs from extracting pages
The two sound alike but produce different things. Splitting divides one file into many — the result is a set of files whose pages add up to the original. Extracting pulls out selected pages and combines them into ONE new file — a single, smaller document.
Choose by your next step: sending individual chapters to different people calls for splitting; producing one shortened document of key pages calls for extracting.
How to enter page ranges
- Single page: type 7 to keep exactly page 7.
- Continuous range: type 3-9 for pages 3 through 9.
- Several separate blocks: separate with commas — 1-3, 5, 8-10 keeps seven pages in that order.
- Count by the page numbers shown in the viewer, not by the numbers printed on the page — the two often differ in documents with a cover or contents page.
- Preview the file once to confirm the boundaries before splitting, because getting it wrong means starting over.
Splitting in three steps
- Open the tool and add your PDF (or drag and drop). You will see a thumbnail of every page.
- Enter the page ranges you want, or pick individual pages from the thumbnails. Split-into-separate-files mode produces one file per page.
- Download the result. Everything runs on your device; nothing is uploaded to a server.
Many files, or one file?
If the point is to send different parts to different people, split into separate files — recipients get only their section and you avoid exposing the rest. If the point is to fit an email size limit, do not split: compress instead, because splitting increases total size (each file carries its own structural overhead) while the content stays the same.
Keeping quality and diacritics intact
Splitting only cuts the page structure — no re-rendering and no image compression — so quality is preserved exactly: text stays selectable, copyable and searchable, and diacritics cannot break because no recognition step is involved. That is the key difference from splitting by printing and rescanning, or by photographing pages.
Frequently asked questions
What are custom ranges?
A range like 1-3, 5, 7-9 means pages 1, 2, 3, then 5, then 7, 8, 9. One request can pull pages from different parts of the document.
Will the original be modified?
No. The original file is never modified — a new result file is always created.
Will the text be lost, or turned into an image?
No. Pages are cut as-is, so text remains text: selectable, copyable and searchable (Ctrl+F). Nothing is flattened into an image.
Can I split a password-protected PDF?
Unlock it first. If it is your own file, use the Unlock PDF tool and then split. A locked file will block the split.
Can I split a 500-page document?
Yes, but processing time grows with page count because thumbnails are rendered for every page. With very large files, split by ranges rather than using one-file-per-page mode — it is much faster and uses less memory.
Is my file uploaded to a server?
No. Splitting runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript on your own device. You can disconnect from the network after the page loads and it still works.