PDF Splitter: Break Down Large PDFs Into Single Pages

Using the pdfly split command, quickly and automatically split a multi-page PDF document into a bunch of independent, single-page PDF files.

⚡️ Quick Start: Split a 10-Page Document

Click to select an input file (the multi-page PDF you want to split).
Click the "Query Page Count" button to get and confirm the total page count of that PDF.
In "Page Settings", ensure start page is 1 and end page is 10.
Select an output folder where all split single-page files will be saved.
Click the "Execute" button. After the command completes, you'll get a bunch of split single-page PDF files.

You have a scanned PDF containing multiple receipts and need to save each receipt as an independent file.
You have a multi-page contract and need to send each page separately to different people for review.
You want to turn each page of an e-book into a separate PDF for processing by other programs.

Input File: The multi-page PDF file you want to split.
Output Folder: A directory to store all the single-page PDF files generated after splitting.
Filename Prefix: Specify a unified prefix for all output files, default is page_.
File Naming Format:
- Zero-padded Format: (Recommended) Output files will be named in the format page_001.pdf, page_002.pdf ... page_010.pdf. Zero-padding ensures files are properly sorted numerically in Finder.
- Simple Format: Output files will be named in the format page_1.pdf, page_2.pdf ... page_10.pdf.

Query Page Count: (Important Step) Before splitting, it's strongly recommended to click this button to execute the pdfly meta command to get and confirm the document's total page count.
Start Page / End Page: Define the page range you want to split. For example, if a document has 100 pages but you only want to split pages 20 to 30, you can set it here.

This tool depends on the pdfly Python package. You need to install Python and pip on your Mac first, then run this once in the terminal:

bash

pip install pdfly

In the CmdWise app market, you can also find other PDF processing tools:

PDF Page Extractor (pdfly): Extract a page range but generate only one file instead of multiple
PDF Merger (pdfly): Re-merge multiple independent PDF files (such as split pages) into one