How to Choose Page Ranges When Splitting a PDF

Split PDF's page-range field accepts a few simple formats. A single page number, like "5", extracts just that page. A range with a hyphen, like "7-9", extracts every page from 7 through 9 inclusive. Separating entries with commas lets you combine several of these in one go, like "1-3,5,7-9".

Each comma-separated entry becomes its own output file — so "1-3,5,7-9" produces three separate PDFs, not one file containing all of those pages together. If you want all of those pages combined into a single file instead, you'd need to merge the resulting files back together afterward using Merge PDF.

By default, the range field is pre-filled with your document's full page span (for example, "1-12" for a 12-page file), so you only need to edit it down to the pages you actually want.

Ranges don't need to be entered in page order, and overlapping ranges are allowed — each one is processed independently. Page numbers that fall outside your document's actual page count are skipped rather than causing an error.