How to split a PDF into individual pages

The “one PDF per page” output is one of the most-asked-for splits — for things like uploading each page to a per-page review system, sending individual scanned documents that ended up in one PDF, or distributing a packet where each recipient should get only their own form. Here is how to do it in your browser, without uploading.

When you need every page as its own file

• Per-page review or annotation. Some review tools want each page as its own attachment so reviewers can comment in parallel.
• Splitting a “stack scan”. You meant to scan five separate documents but they ended up in one PDF — now you need five files back.
• Form distribution. A 30-page form packet where each employee should only get their own page.
• Image extraction. Each page becomes its own file you can later convert to JPG via PDF to JPG.

The fastest way

The tool has two modes. For one-per-page output, use Split into ranges and pass each page as its own “range”:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Each comma-separated entry becomes its own output PDF. The tool zips them all into a single download.

For a 50-page PDF, typing all 50 numbers is tedious. The fastest way is to generate the list once and paste it. In your browser’s console:

[...Array(50)].map((_, i) => i + 1).join(', ');

Or use any text editor’s column-mode / spreadsheet to produce the list.

After the split

The download is a .zip containing files like:

pages-1.pdf
pages-2.pdf
pages-3.pdf
...

Each one is a valid one-page PDF with the original text, fonts, vectors, and page size preserved.

Tips

• For grids you want to keep together, use the regular Extract pages mode instead — that produces one combined PDF with only the pages you select. Different use case.
• For “every odd page” or “every even page”, also use ranges: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 or 2, 4, 6, 8.
• Watch the page count first. If your PDF has hundreds of pages, generating that many output PDFs will produce a large ZIP and take a few seconds to assemble in the browser. Below ~200 pages it is fast.

Privacy

PDF previews are rendered by PDF.js locally; the actual splitting is done by pdf-lib, also in your browser. The ZIP is built in memory and offered as a download — your PDF never touches a server. Confirm in the Network tab.