PDF Splitting Process: Step-by-Step

Splitting PDFs is easy and first, allowing anyone to use or share this most popular document file format.

In case you have a voluminous PDF document, tools are available both online and as downloadable software. For instance, PDF.co offers PDF Split, an online splitting tool that makes it extremely easy to upload or drag and drop files from your phone, computer, or cloud storage when you want to split them.

Most tools will allow you to split the file into single pages or in multiples. If you like, you can split PDFs by page numbers, size, by specific bookmarks or for example, if given text located in a specific position changes (a good example will be splitting PDFs containing invoice numbers).

4 easy steps of splitting any PDF file

As indicated above, the steps to splitting PDF files is straightforward with most PDF splitters. In most cases, the process of splitting a PDF file takes these four basic steps:

Choose a file to split
Upload it
Download
Save

Let’s see how that works with a tool like PDF Split.

How to Split PDF Files: Step by Step

Generally, these are the steps followed in splitting PDF files:

Step 1: Open the PDF split app or log in to your account

To start, you either need to have a built-in or installed PDF splitting software program or have signed up for an account with a premium provider. Remember that freeware tools are also available, but these may pose a potential security risk.

Step 2: Upload your file

Once you have opened the PDF splitter, the next step is to upload the file. How you upload the file depends on where it is located- choose the file to upload from your PC; select from Dropbox or other cloud storage; or add the URL of the file.

Step 3: Split the PDF file

Once uploaded, the PDF splitter will process the selection and provide a thumbnail display. Select how you want the file split and click on proceed. The app then returns downloadable files split from the original.

Step 4: Download and save split pages

The next step is to download the files- either to your device’s local storage, cloud storage systems like Dropbox or Google Drive.

There you are- as easy as that. You have split the PDF file into pages or chapters and can thus send or share exactly what you want. No need to deal with extremely large files whose content may not all be relevant to you or the recipient.

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