Split PDF into pages

This tool takes one PDF and turns each page into a separate single-page PDF, then bundles them all into a single ZIP download. It is built for the case where you want the whole document broken apart at once, not for pulling out one section. Common workflows: separating a combined report so each page can be emailed or filed individually, breaking a scanned multi-page document into discrete pages, or preparing pages for a later step such as converting each one to an image.

If you only need a few specific pages, splitting the entire file and discarding the rest is wasteful. For that, the Extract Pages tool is the better fit, since it lets you name the exact pages or ranges you want in one output PDF. Split PDF always produces one file per page for the complete document, with no option to target a subset.

Inside the ZIP, files follow the pattern original-name-page-01.pdf, original-name-page-02.pdf, and so on. The page number is zero-padded to match the document length, so a 9-page file uses page-1 through page-9, while a 120-page file uses page-001 through page-120. That padding keeps the files in correct numerical order when your operating system sorts them alphabetically. The ZIP itself is named after the source file with a -pages suffix.

Each output is a complete, standalone PDF containing exactly one page. Because the pages are rebuilt as independent documents, resources the original shared across pages, such as embedded fonts or repeated images, are not shared between the output files. This keeps every page self-contained and openable on its own, but it means the combined size of all the split files can be larger than the original PDF.

The split runs entirely in your browser. Your PDF is read, divided, and zipped on your own device, and no file is uploaded to a server. When you load a PDF the tool reads its page count up front and shows it, so you know how many files the ZIP will contain before you start. The temporary download link is released automatically after about ten minutes.

Two limits are worth knowing. Encrypted or password-protected PDFs cannot be split; if the file cannot be read you will see a message saying it may be encrypted or corrupted. And because everything happens locally, very large documents with many pages can take a while to process, since each page is rebuilt into its own PDF and then compressed into the archive. If a big file feels slow, give it a moment rather than reloading, and keep the browser tab in the foreground while it works.