This might sound like a complicated procedure, but it’s actuallyveryeasy to do.
There are several online and offline options that work in just a few clicks.
In fact, you might even already have a program installed on your machine that can do the job.
Another way these separators work is by letting you pick a range of pages.
Maybe your file has 225 pages, but you only want pages 1050 and 223225.
iLovePDF
Save one page, a set, or every single page.
Get and save PDFs between Dropbox or Google Drive.
Runs in any internet tool on any computer.
Small previews; cant easily confirm which pages are which.
No explicit option to delete just a few pages.
you’re free to upload a PDF from your machine or via your Dropbox or Google Drive account.
TheExtract all pagesoption is self-explanatory: every page will be extracted into its own PDF.
For example, if there are 254 pages, youll get aZIP fileof 254 PDFs.
Sejda
Several options.
Choose a PDF by URL.
Rename the result before you download it.
Works with all browsers and operating systems.
PDF can’t exceed 200 pages.
PDF must be smaller than 50 MB.
Limited to three jobs per hour.
Selecting pages can be confusing.
Files uploaded to this site are auto-deleted after two hours.
All these splitting options are easy to understand, except for Split every X pages.
Youd use this one if you wanted every PDF to be a specific number of pages.
Google Chrome
Ideal if you already use Chrome.
Provides really large page previews.
Extract a single page or a range.
Import from online storage sites.
Lots of other PDF tools.
Runs in any online window on any OS.
Limited to two free tasks per day.
Only one free splitting method.
you’re able to keep your document online and do all sorts of neat things with it.
Some splitters make this harder than it has to be, but Smallpdf does it really well.
Everything you upload to this site is removed automatically after an hour for privacy reasons.
PDF to PNG (or JPG)
Can split up to 20 PDFs at once.
Saves PDF pages to two of the most popular image formats.
Automatically extracts every page instead of specific ones you choose.
Can’t combine multiple pages into a single image.
Open from your setup only.
UsePDF to PNGif you want to separate your PDF into PNG files instead of PDFs.
There’s also thePDF to JPGwebsite to split the PDF into JPGs.
These websites essentially split every page and then convert each one to an image format.
There are no custom options herejust an upload button and a download button.
Downloads are saved to the ZIP format.
PDF Split and Merge (PDFsam)
Really easy to use.
Choose a different PDF version for the outputted file.
Works with all operating systems.
Cant preview from inside the program (unless you pay for it).
PDFsam is afree PDF editingsuite that merges, extracts, rotates, and splits PDFs.
you’re able to also split at every even or odd page.
This tool also lets you split the PDF into two separate documents, by choosing a page number.
Another option is to split at every n page.
This is similar to the even/odd option but gives more options.
If there are bookmarks in the document or it’s too large, use theSplit by bookmarksorSplit by sizeoption.
Adobe Acrobat
Split more than one PDF at once.
Split into smaller sizes.
It’s not free.
Can be confusing to use because of all the other options.
Just like PDFsam, Adobe Acrobat is an excellent way to split PDFs into multiple parts.
In older versions of Adobe Acrobat, use theTools > Pages>Split Documentoption.
Microsoft Word
No need to download anything new if you already have Word installed.
It’s easy to know what each page looks like before splitting.
Lets you edit the PDF at the same time.
MS Word isn’t free.
Must be converted to text first (this usually drastically affects formatting).
Only works on Windows and Mac.
If you already own MS Word, it’s super easy to use it as a PDF splitter.
The way it works is that you have to first kick off the document for editing.
Here’s how:
PDFelement
Self-explanatory options.
Multiple PDF splitting options.
Lots of tools to do other PDF-related tasks.
Works with Windows and Mac.
Is not free (the trial posts a watermark).
Only supports two operating systems.
All the options can be overwhelming if you’re just wanting to split the PDF.
With your PDF open, go to thePagetab and useSplitto see a similar screen to what you see above.
You get to split the document by the number of pages or by top-level bookmarks.
Or, just right-click and delete any pages you want to go.
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PDF Split & Merge
Straight and to the point; easy to use.
Gives large previews of the pages.
Free only during trial.
This program takes the guessing out of what will happen when you select certain options.
Just choose theSplitoption on the main window and pick from any of the four PDF split options.
