Split PDF files online for free with ContinuePDF. Extract specific pages or divide your document into multiple files without installing any software.
Our PDF splitter gives you complete control over how you divide your documents. Extract individual pages, select page ranges, or split at specific intervals. Perfect for breaking up large documents, extracting chapters, or separating scanned pages.
Everything runs in your browser with no file uploads required. Your documents stay private on your device while you split them exactly how you need.
All PDF splitting is done locally in your browser. Your document never touches our servers, making this tool perfect for confidential or sensitive files.
Yes, you can select individual pages or enter page ranges using our intuitive interface. The tool supports flexible notation like "1-5, 8, 10-12" to extract exactly the pages you need from any PDF document. Simply view thumbnail previews of all pages, click to select specific ones, or type page numbers directly. This precise control makes it perfect for extracting chapters from ebooks, pulling specific forms from document packages, or creating custom compilations from larger documents. All selected pages maintain their original formatting, quality, and any embedded links or bookmarks. Processing happens entirely in your browser for complete privacy.
Yes, our PDF splitter is completely free with no watermarks, no signup requirements, and no limits on how many documents you can split. Unlike competitors that restrict free users to a few operations per day, ContinuePDF allows unlimited splitting of PDF files. There are no premium tiers, subscription fees, or hidden charges for any features. Every split operation produces clean, professional output without any branding added to your documents. This makes it ideal for students, freelancers, and professionals who need reliable PDF splitting without budget constraints. All processing happens locally in your browser for maximum privacy and security.
Yes, you can split a PDF so that each page becomes its own separate PDF file, perfect for distributing individual pages or organizing content. The tool offers multiple splitting modes including single-page extraction, splitting every N pages, or splitting at specific page numbers. When creating single-page files, each output PDF maintains the original page quality, dimensions, and any embedded content. This is particularly useful for processing scanned documents, creating individual certificates from a batch, or separating multi-page forms. After splitting, you can use our Merge PDF tool to recombine pages in any order you prefer.
No, splitting PDFs with ContinuePDF preserves the original quality of your pages completely. The splitting process extracts pages directly from the PDF structure without any recompression, image downsampling, or quality degradation. All text remains sharp and searchable, images retain their original resolution, and vector graphics stay crisp at any zoom level. Embedded fonts, hyperlinks, annotations, and form fields are preserved exactly as they were in the original document. If you need smaller output files after splitting, you can optionally use our Compress PDF tool with adjustable quality settings to reduce file sizes while controlling the quality tradeoff.
To split a password-protected PDF, you'll need to know the document password and unlock it first. Use our Decrypt PDF tool to remove the password protection by entering the correct password, which will create an unlocked version of your document. Once decrypted, you can then split the PDF into any configuration you need using our split tool. This two-step process ensures you maintain proper authorization to access protected content. After splitting, you can re-protect individual sections using our Encrypt PDF tool if needed. All processing happens locally in your browser, so your passwords and documents remain completely private.
Currently, our PDF splitter works by page numbers rather than automatically detecting chapters or bookmarks. To split by chapters, first open your PDF and note the page numbers where each chapter begins, then enter those page ranges in our tool. For example, if chapters start on pages 1, 25, 50, and 80, you would split at those boundaries. Many PDF viewers display bookmarks with their corresponding page numbers for easy reference. Our Extract Pages tool offers another approach where you can visually select page thumbnails to create custom sections. We recommend keeping a reference document with your chapter-to-page mappings for recurring splits.
Yes, you can easily recombine split files using our Merge PDF tool, which allows you to arrange multiple PDFs in any order you choose. Simply upload your split documents, drag and drop them into your preferred sequence, and download the merged result. This split-then-merge workflow is powerful for reorganizing content, such as moving chapters around in a document or inserting pages from other sources between sections. You can also use our Organize PDF tool for page-level rearrangement within a single document. All merging preserves original quality with no degradation, and processing happens entirely in your browser for complete privacy.
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