How-to guide

How to split one PDF into several files

A single large PDF — a scanned batch of forms, a bound report, a multi-invoice statement — is often more useful broken into its individual pieces.

Common reasons to split a PDF

Splitting is useful when a scanner saved multiple documents into one file, when you need to send only a portion of a report, or when a batch of invoices needs to become individual files for filing or bookkeeping software that expects one document per record.

Splitting step-by-step

  1. Open the Split PDF tool and drop in your file.
  2. Review the page thumbnails to find the natural break points between documents.
  3. Choose to extract specific page ranges as separate files, or split every page individually.
  4. Download — you'll get a zip file containing each resulting PDF.

Renaming the output

The downloaded files are named by page range by default. If you need meaningful filenames (like invoice numbers), rename them after extraction using your operating system's file manager — that's a faster step than trying to automate naming for a one-off batch.

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Frequently asked questions

Will splitting affect the quality of the pages?+

No, pages are extracted as-is with no recompression.

Can I split a password-protected PDF?+

The file needs to be unlocked first, since browser-based tools can't process encrypted content without the password being handled by the PDF library itself.