What are the two ways to split?
Pull one range out as a single PDF (pages 5 to 8, say, when a portal wants only the signed part), or take every page as its own one-page PDF, each with its own download.
Job ticket · PDF bench
Split PDF
The pack arrived as one file and the portal wants one part of it. Pick the PDF, choose the pages, and take the cut away. Everything runs in your browser; the file is never uploaded.
Drop a PDF on the tray, or click to pick one
PDF · it stays on this device
The cut
File spec
- file
- none picked yet
Pick a PDF to begin.
Result
Done on your deviceHow it works
The page opens your PDF, copies the pages you asked for into a new file, and saves it. Nothing is re-drawn, so the cut is exact and the engine time is measured in milliseconds. Splitting is also the smaller-job path for the other benches: a big file that strains a phone can be cut here first, then worked on in parts.
Honest limits
Taking every page separately gives you one download per page, listed in order; on a long document that is a lot of clicks, and a packed archive download is in the plan rather than here today. A file this page cannot read as a PDF is refused in plain words before any cutting happens.
Questions
Does splitting change the pages?
No. Pages are copied as they are, not re-drawn or recompressed. A page that goes in as text comes out as text.
How fast is it?
On our bench a 10-page file split in about 21 milliseconds of engine time. The job is effectively instant; picking the range takes longer than the cut.
Where does my PDF go?
Nowhere. It is read into this page and cut in your browser. Watch the network panel while it works if you want to check.