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Pull out exactly the pages you need - no app required.
Open Split PDF Tool →Someone sends you a 40-page PDF, but you only need pages 5 through 8. Or you scanned a stack of mixed documents and now need to separate them into individual files. Samsung's built-in PDF viewer handles reading just fine, but it doesn't include tools for extracting or dividing pages.
PDFGadget works in Samsung Internet or Chrome on your Galaxy phone. Load the document, tap the pages you want to extract, and download a new PDF containing just those pages. Everything happens on your phone, the document never uploads to anyone's server, and there's no app eating storage or demanding subscriptions.
Launch Samsung Internet (the purple globe icon) or Chrome and navigate to pdfgadget.com/split-pdf. Both browsers work equally well. The interface adjusts automatically for your Galaxy's screen.
Tap the Select PDF area. Samsung's file picker opens showing Recent files. Tap the hamburger menu to access My Files, Samsung Cloud, Google Drive, or Internal Storage. Navigate to your PDF and tap to select it.
The document loads with thumbnail previews of every page. Tap the pages you want to keep — they highlight in green when selected. Tap again to deselect. You can pick scattered pages throughout the document or continuous ranges.
Choose whether to combine your selected pages into one PDF, or create separate PDF files for each page. "One PDF" is usually what you want; "Separate PDFs" makes sense when splitting batch scans into individual documents.
Tap Split. Your Galaxy processes the file locally. If you selected separate PDFs, they download as a ZIP file. Single PDFs download directly. Find the result in your Downloads folder via My Files.
Samsung organizes files across several locations:
The file picker in PDFGadget accesses all these locations through Samsung's standard interface.
The Galaxy Store has PDF apps, but PDFGadget offers distinct advantages:
Your extracted PDF saves to Downloads. From there:
Large PDFs with many pages take time to generate previews. Wait for all thumbnails to appear before selecting pages. If they don't load at all, refresh the page and try again.
Make sure you're tapping directly on the thumbnail image, not the space around it. On smaller Galaxy screens, zooming the browser (pinch outward) makes selection easier.
You selected "Separate PDFs" output, which packages multiple files as a ZIP. Open My Files, find the ZIP, and tap to extract. Your individual PDFs will be inside.
Samsung's default PDF viewer should handle it. If not, try Google Drive PDF viewer or install a simple reader like Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Play Store.
Yes. Any Galaxy phone or tablet with Samsung Internet or Chrome supports PDFGadget. This includes budget A-series through flagship S and Z Fold/Flip models.
Yes. When the file picker opens, select Samsung Cloud from the sidebar. Files stream directly into the tool.
No. All processing happens locally on your Galaxy using the browser's JavaScript engine. Your PDF never leaves your device.
No artificial limits. Your phone's available RAM sets the practical ceiling. Most Galaxy devices handle large documents without issues.
Absolutely. Samsung Internet works great and integrates well with One UI. The experience is identical to Chrome.
The Split tool shows visual thumbnails for selection and can output separate files. Extract Pages lets you type page ranges like "1-5, 8, 12-15" and always outputs a single combined PDF.