Split PDF by File Size – Free Online PDF Splitter

Split a large PDF into smaller files that stay under a size limit, ideal for email uploads. Free online, no watermark.

1 Choose file 2 Set options 3 Run

or drop a file here

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    [BASENAME] is the document name, [CURRENTPAGE] the part's last page (the page it ends on), [PART] the part number and [TOTALPAGES] how many parts there are.

    Private and short-lived: every upload is erased automatically 72 hours after you last open it.

    Step by step

    Split a PDF by Size: step by step

    Split a large PDF into smaller files that stay under a size limit, ideal for email uploads. Free online, no watermark.

    1. 1

      Upload your PDF

      Drop the document in — it shows as the selected file with a Remove button beside it, and the options appear underneath. Files are deleted after 2 hours.

    2. 2

      Set the size & the names

      Max size per file (KB) is the whole game: our 4.5 KB test with a 2 KB limit came out as four parts. The File name pattern labels every part — [BASENAME]-[PART] by default — and Discard bookmarks drops the outline if you like.

      The Max size per file (KB) box holding 2 above the Discard bookmarks toggle The File name pattern box holding [BASENAME]-[PART] above its explanation of the placeholders
    3. 3

      Split & download

      Press Split by size and the parts arrive together as a ZIP — wm-demo-1.pdf through wm-demo-4.pdf in our run, each one page and under the limit, with the page count kept across the whole set.

      The ready page showing wm-demo.zip — 4.5 KB · deleted automatically after two hours — above the Download button
    • A size you name

      Set the maximum in kilobytes; the splitter packs as few parts as possible.

    • One ZIP back

      All the parts arrive together, named and numbered.

    • Pattern names

      [BASENAME]-[PART] and friends label every part exactly as you like.

    • Bookmarks optional

      Keep the document's outline, or discard it with the toggle.

    • Parts stay PDFs

      Every part is a standard PDF with its pages unharmed.

    • Private by default

      No account, no watermark — and every file is automatically deleted after 2 hours.

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    What the other tools do

    Rotate

    Turns pages by 90, 180 or 270 degrees and saves the orientation into the file, so every viewer and printer agrees.

    Delete Pages

    Removes pages from a copy of the document. The pages you keep are copied whole, and bookmarks pointing at them come along unless you tick the discard box.

    Split by text

    Starts a new document every time the text at the top of a page changes. Statements, invoices and reports that repeat a heading per section separate themselves.

    Resize

    Changes the paper: scale every page to a new size (A4, Letter, Legal and the rest), add margins around existing content, or shrink the file.

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