How to split a PDF into separate files?

What you can do?

Split PDF mode — click between any two pages to mark a split point. Every split point creates a boundary, so the document gets divided into that many parts. For example, marking between pages 3 and 4 on a 10-page document creates two files: pages 1–3 and pages 4–10.

Extract Pages mode — select individual pages by clicking their thumbnails. The selected pages are pulled into a single new PDF in their original order. Useful for pulling out a specific chapter, invoice, or form from a larger document.

Step-by-step

1. Go to riqa.app/splitpdf and upload your PDF by dragging it in or clicking to browse.
2. The page thumbnails load in a horizontal strip. Use the Zoom slider to make them larger if you need to read the content.
3. To split: click the scissors icon between any pages where you want a cut. Active split points show as solid lines. Click Split every page at the bottom to split at every page gap in one click.
4. To extract: switch to the Extract Pages tab, then click the thumbnails of the pages you want. Click Select all to grab everything, or click individual pages for a custom selection.
5. Click Split or Extract to process the file.

What you get back?

• One split point or a single-page extract → a single PDF file download.
• Multiple split points or multiple extracted pages → a ZIP file containing one PDF per part, named part-1.pdf, part-2.pdf, and so on.

Things to know

• Password-protected PDFs cannot be split. Remove the password first using Riqa's Unlock PDF tool, then come back and split.
• Your file is available to download for 24 hours, after which it is permanently deleted from Riqa's servers.
• Splitting costs 3 credits per operation, regardless of how many split points or pages you select.