Split a PDF without uploading it
Cut one PDF into several separate documents — by page ranges, or every N pages — and get them back as a ZIP. It runs entirely in your browser, so the file you are splitting never leaves your computer.
No sign-up. No upload. Nothing to install.
How to split a PDF
- Open your PDF. Drop the document onto PDFLight. It opens instantly, without being uploaded.
- Open the split tool. In the toolbar, open the Tools menu and choose Split.
- Choose how to cut it. Either give explicit page ranges (for example 1-3, 4-8, 9-12), or split every N pages automatically.
- Split. PDFLight builds one PDF per range and packages them into a ZIP.
- Download. The ZIP is saved straight to your disk. All of it was produced on your machine.
Why split locally
Every other free PDF tool works the same way: you upload your file, a server you know nothing about processes it, and you trust it to delete the copy afterwards. PDFLight does not. The entire editor is JavaScript running on your own machine, so your document is read into your browser's memory and never travels anywhere. There is no upload endpoint — not as a policy, but as a fact of how the application is built.
Splitting is typically what you do to a document you did not write: a bank statement you need one page of, a scanned contract, a report you want to send in pieces. Uploading the whole thing to a stranger's server to extract three pages is a poor trade — and an unnecessary one.
You can also extract rather than split: select the pages you want in the editor and use Extract to pull them out into a new document, leaving the original untouched.
Frequently asked questions
Can I split by page ranges?
Yes. Enter ranges such as 1-3, 7, 10-14 and PDFLight produces one PDF per range, delivered as a ZIP.
Can I split every N pages?
Yes. Choose the "every N pages" mode and the document is cut into equal chunks automatically.
Is my file uploaded to split it?
No. The whole operation runs in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server at any point.
How do I extract just a few pages?
Select the pages you want in the sidebar or the grid view and click Extract. It creates a new document with only those pages.
Is there a file size limit?
Only your own machine's memory. There is no server-side limit because there is no server.