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PDF Split Tool - Split Pages by Section with Scissor Cuts

Our PDF split tool lets you split PDF files by creating separate sections. Click the scissor icons between page thumbnails to split pages into different sections. Each section has its own "Create PDF" button, allowing you to convert specific page groups into separate PDF files. This free online PDF split tool works instantly with no signup required.

Need other PDF tools? Try our PDF Merger, PDF Combiner, or PDF Converter.

Split PDF Tool Features

  • Section Conversion - Each section creates its own PDF file
  • Drag and drop page organization - Rearrange pages before splitting
  • Multi times Page use - You can use any page multi times and make a new PDF
  • Scissor icon splitting - Click scissors between page thumbnails to split pages into separate sections
  • Create multiple PDFs from one file or image - Each section generates its own PDF file
  • Delete/Duplicate page - You can delete any page and make its duplicate many times in the "All Pages" section
  • Preview page - To See preview of page click at the preview icon in placed in the footer of page thumbnil.
  • Pages rearrangement - Drag-and-drop pages to change the pages position before convert them to a new PDF file.
  • Extract single pages from PDF - Save one specific page as a separate PDF file
  • Split every page into individual PDFs - Convert a 100-page PDF into 100 separate files
  • Split scanned PDF documents - Works with image-based PDFs from scanners

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Frequently Asked Questions

To split a PDF for free, upload your PDF to RoyalPDF.net's PDF split tool. All pages appear as thumbnails. Click the scissor icons located between page thumbnails to split pages into separate sections. Each section will have its own "Create PDF" button. Click that button to download only the pages in that section. Completely free with no signup required.

To split a PDF by page range, upload your PDF. All page thumbnails appear in the "All Pages" section. Click the scissor icons between the pages you want to separate. For example, to keep pages 1-3 together, click the scissor after page 3. This creates a new section. Click "Create PDF" on that section to download only those pages.

To extract one page from a PDF, upload your file. Find the page you want to extract. Click the scissor icon before that page and the scissor icon after that page. This isolates the page in its own section. Then click the "Create PDF" button on that section to download just that single page.

Yes, with full control. Our split PDF tool lets you manually select which pages go into each new PDF using drag-and-drop. This gives you precision control over your output files, unlike automatic splitters that may not organize pages as you need.

Our free PDF split tool accepts PDF files up to 50MB. This covers most standard documents, scanned files, and reports. There are no page limits - only file size limits. For larger files, check back soon as we may increase this limit.

Yes. Our scanned PDF splitter works with image-based PDFs. Since scanned documents are essentially images wrapped in a PDF, our tool treats each page as a separate image. You can split, extract, or remove pages exactly like any other PDF. No OCR or special processing required.

Once you've splitted your PDFs, you might want to combine pages or convert to other formats.

RoyalPDF Split PDF tool vs Typical Free Split PDF tool

Feature RoyalPDF Split PDF Tool Typical Free Split PDF Tool
Cost 100% free, no premium tier Free with limitations or premium upsell
Signup required No Often required for full access
Watermarks No Sometimes added to output
Daily limits No limits Often 2-3 tasks per hour [citation:2][citation:6]
File size limits 50MB (no page limits) Often 50MB or less with page limits
Page limits No page limits Often 300 pages or less [citation:2]
Split modes single page, all pages, remove pages, duplicate pages Usually 1-2 modes