# Split PDF

> Keep some pages of a PDF, split it into pieces, or turn it into one file per page, without uploading it.

Canonical: https://host-tools.com/tools/split-pdf/

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## What does this tool do?

Splits a PDF in the three ways people actually split a PDF:

- **Keep some pages** — `2-5, 9` gives you a new PDF with just those, in that order.
- **Split into pieces** — you write the groups separated by semicolons (`1-5; 6-10; 11-`) and you get
  one file per group.
- **One file per page** — a file for every page, ready for the scanner’s paperwork.

## Why the pieces come in a ZIP

A browser only lets a page download one file per click: from the second one on it asks, and most
people end up with the first file and nothing else. So anything that produces more than one file is
packed in a ZIP and downloaded once.

## The page selection

The same syntax the other PDF tools use: `all`, `7`, `2-5`, `8-` (to the end), `-3` (from the start),
`odd`, `even`. If something is not a page, the message says which part and why, instead of producing
a file with the wrong pages.

## Keep in mind

Nothing is uploaded: the file is read, cut and written in your browser.