How to Split a PDF by Page Range

Page range splitting means extracting a consecutive group of pages from a PDF into a separate file. Instead of splitting a document into every individual page, you specify a start and end page — for example, pages 10 to 25 — and the tool produces a single output file containing exactly those pages. This is the most precise form of splitting and is appropriate when you need to share a specific chapter, isolate an appendix, extract a set of tables, or distribute only the relevant section of a longer document to a specific recipient.

Open the Split PDF tool in PDF ME and upload your document. Select the page range option. Enter the start page number and the end page number for the section you want to extract. Confirm the range and run the split. Download the resulting file. Before closing the source document, open the output and verify that the first and last pages are exactly what you intended. If the range is off by one page, re-open the tool, correct the numbers, and run again. Keep the original file available until the output is confirmed.

PDF page numbers in the viewer are not always the same as the printed page numbers in the document. A report might start at printed page 1 but have cover pages and a table of contents before it, so PDF page 5 might be printed page 1 of the report body. Always count pages in the PDF viewer — not from the printed numbers on the page — when setting range boundaries. If the document is long, use the viewer's navigation to jump to the boundary pages and note their PDF page numbers before entering the range.

PDF ME processes common PDF operations locally in your browser, so your document does not need to be uploaded to an external server. That is especially important for contracts, forms, invoices, and files containing personal information.

PDF ME's Split PDF tool supports custom page range selection. You can extract any consecutive sequence of pages from a PDF without uploading the document to an external server.