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PDF Splitter

Split PDF pages or extract specific pages into a new PDF — free, no upload

Drop your PDF file here

Select pages to extract or remove — 100% private in your browser

Split PDFs & Extract Pages — 100% Client-Side Privacy

Whether you need to extract a single contract page from a 50-page PDF report, remove sensitive appendices before sending a file, or split a scanned document into smaller parts, PDFBucket's PDF Splitter does it instantly on-device.

Unlike traditional cloud PDF services that require uploading your private files to remote servers, PDFBucket uses pdf-lib running in browser memory. Your documents never leave your computer.

How PDF Page Extraction Works

PDF files are binary structures containing object streams, font resources, and cross-reference tables. When you split a PDF:

pdf-lib loads the source binary stream into an array buffer.
The parser scans the /Catalog and /Pages dictionary tree.
The engine creates a new blank PDFDocument and copies only the specific page streams you requested (newPdf.copyPages(srcDoc, pageIndices)).
A new cross-reference index is computed and downloaded as a clean PDF file.

Practical Use Cases

Submitting Application Documents: Extract just your resume or cover letter from a combined portfolio file.
Removing Confidential Sections: Delete pricing tables or legal disclaimers before sharing drafts with third parties.
Organizing Multi-Page Scans: Separate individual invoice pages scanned into a single long PDF.

💬 FAQ

FAQs about PDF Splitter

Everything you might be wondering — answered.

Does this tool upload my PDF to a remote server?+

No. All PDF page parsing and copying happens locally inside your browser tab using pdf-lib. Not a single byte of your document is transmitted online.

Can I extract specific page ranges?+

Yes. You can interactively click individual page cards to select exact pages (e.g. pages 1, 3, and 5) or select all pages.

What happens to internal links and bookmark structures?+

pdf-lib copies the visual content streams, fonts, and page resources. Complex document-level outlines (bookmarks) pointing to deleted pages are trimmed to keep the file valid.