Split a PDF into separate files

Turn one long PDF into per-page files — or fixed-size chunks — delivered together as a ZIP.

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The job

A scanned batch of invoices came through as one PDF, or a chapter needs to become separate handouts. Splitting writes every page — or each N-page chunk — into its own PDF and bundles them into a single ZIP download.

How to do it

Drop the PDF in, choose one file per page or a fixed pages-per-file count, and run it. The result tells you how many PDFs the ZIP contains.

  • Per-page files are named `name-p001.pdf`; chunks are named `name-pages-001-010.pdf`.
  • Up to 25 MiB input, 200 pages, and 60 output files.

Worked example

A 30-page scan split per page yields 30 single-page PDFs in one ZIP. The same file in chunks of 10 yields 3 files of pages 1–10, 11–20, and 21–30.

Limits

Every output PDF is a separate file; to keep only a few pages inside one PDF, use page extraction instead. Encrypted, signed, and form PDFs are not supported. Splitting is mechanical — it cannot guess logical document boundaries inside a scan.