How to Split PDFs Online Free

Keep only the pages you need, such as one chapter or one invoice, and save them as a new PDF. Papr splits the file in your browser.

Step by step

1.Open the PDF

Click Open file in the toolbar, or drop the PDF onto the page. The document opens with all of its pages.

The empty editor, with an arrow to the Open file button in the toolbar and a Browse Files button in the middle.

2.Open Organize Pages

Open the Pages menu and click Organize Pages. The pages appear as thumbnails.

The Pages menu open, with Organize Pages outlined in red.

3.Select the pages to remove

Splitting keeps the pages that remain, so select the pages you do not want. Click a page to select it, and hold Shift while you click the last page of a run to select the whole run. The selected pages are counted at the top of the window.

Organize Pages with two pages selected, and arrows pointing at them.

4.Delete them

Click the Delete button, the trash icon in the row above the thumbnails. The selected pages are removed from the list. The keyboard shortcut is Delete.

The Organize Pages window with an arrow pointing at the trash icon above the thumbnails.

5.Apply and export

Click Apply at the bottom of the Organize Pages window. Then click Export in the toolbar to save the new, smaller PDF. To make another part, open the original again and repeat the steps.

The Organize Pages window showing the one remaining page, with the Apply button outlined in red.

The remaining pages with an arrow pointing at the Export button in the toolbar.

Tips

Check the pages before you delete them, so nothing you need is removed.
Drag a page to a new place before you apply if you want to reorder the part you keep.

Try it on your own file

Everything in this guide happens in your browser tab. Your file stays on your device.

Open the PDF editor