Split a PDF on a Mac
Preview, included with macOS, can split a PDF: drag the pages you want out of the sidebar to make a new PDF, or delete the pages you don't need from a copy.
Drag pages out to a new PDF
- Open the PDF in Preview and choose View > Thumbnails.
- Select the pages you want and drag their thumbnails from the sidebar to the desktop. Preview makes a new PDF with them.
Source: Add, delete, or move PDF pages in Preview on Mac (Apple Support, checked 13 Nov 2026)
Delete the pages you don't need
- Preview saves changes automatically. To keep the original, choose File > Duplicate first and work on the copy.
- Choose View > Thumbnails or View > Contact Sheet and select the pages to remove.
- Press the Delete key, or choose Edit > Delete. Any annotations on those pages are removed too.
Source: Combine PDFs in Preview on Mac (Apple Support, checked 13 Nov 2026)
Source: Add, delete, or move PDF pages in Preview on Mac (Apple Support, checked 13 Nov 2026)
In your browser, with Lemurfile
Processed in your browser
On that page:
- Drop your PDF on the box above, or click Choose a file. Its number of pages appears next to it.
- Choose Every page into its own file, or By page ranges and write the ranges, for example 1-3, 5, 8-. Each range becomes one file.
- Click Split PDF and download each part, or all of them in a ZIP file.