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Split a PDF

Break one PDF into several smaller PDFs — every page on its own, or evenly sized chunks like every 5 pages.

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🔒 Your file stays on this device — processing runs in your browser.

Save and continue on the desktop

Download or copy your result here first. Continue in nopa to save to Files or use more features.

  • Merge, split, rotate and convert PDF files.
  • Results saved to Files automatically
  • Every tool in one place — no new tabs
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After you download — continue on the desktop for Files or the full app.

Split by page count, not hand-picked ranges

Choose a chunk size — every 1 page, or every 5, 10, whatever you need — and nopa slices the PDF into that many files, zipped together. Want one new PDF with just pages 2, 5, and 9? Use Extract PDF Pages instead — it builds a single file from the pages you tick.

What comes out and how it is named

A 12-page report split every 5 pages gives you three files: report-pages-1-5.pdf, report-pages-6-10.pdf, and report-pages-11-12.pdf — the last chunk is simply shorter. Split every single page and the names become report-page-1.pdf and so on, so they stay in order in a file manager. Anything more than one file arrives as a single ZIP.

Every piece is still a real PDF

Pages are copied across, not re-rendered into pictures, so text stays selectable and searchable in each part and the quality is identical to the original. Expect the pieces to add up to a little more than the source file: fonts and resources that were shared across the whole document now have to be embedded in every part that uses them.

Limitations

The file has to fit in the tab: up to 100 MB on a desktop browser, 50 MB on a phone or tablet, where memory is tighter. Password-protected PDFs will not open. A 400-page document split page by page produces 400 files inside one ZIP, which is slow to build on an older phone — do that one on a laptop.

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Questions

Can I split into individual pages?

Yes. Each page can become a separate PDF, downloaded as a ZIP when there are many.

Can I choose exactly which pages go together?

Split works by count — every page, or every N pages per file. For a single file with hand-picked pages like "2, 5, 9," use Extract PDF Pages instead.

Why do the parts add up to more than the original?

Fonts, logos, and color profiles that the whole document shared once now have to be embedded in each part that needs them. On a text-heavy report the overhead is small; on a brochure with big embedded fonts it is noticeable.

Are my PDFs uploaded?

Processing runs in your browser — your files stay on your device.