Split PDF files

Split PDF

A 60-page statement when you need page 12. A combined scan when one recipient should only see one section. Splitting keeps sharing precise — and in Paperly it happens where the document already lives.

Paperly PDF editor tools for merging, splitting, and organizing pages

What it is

Splitting a PDF means taking selected pages out of a larger document and saving them as their own file. Paperly splits PDFs locally: open the document, mark the pages to keep or remove, and export the smaller PDF — without uploading the original anywhere.

When you reach for it

  • Only one page of a long statement should be shared
  • A merged scan needs to be broken back into separate documents
  • Confidential pages must come out before a file is forwarded
  • A large PDF is easier to send as a few smaller ones

How Paperly does it

  1. 01

    Open the document

    Any PDF in your library opens as a page grid, so the whole document is visible at once.

  2. 02

    Choose the pages

    Extract the pages you need into a new document, or remove the pages that should not ship. Reorder what remains.

  3. 03

    Save the smaller file

    Export the extracted pages as their own PDF. The original document stays intact in your library.

Questions people ask

No. Splitting produces a new document from the pages you select. The source PDF remains in your library until you delete it yourself.

You can pick any combination of pages — consecutive or scattered — and they export as one new PDF. Repeat the flow to produce multiple extracts.

Yes. Because splitting runs on the device, confidential pages are not sent to a server to be processed. Removed pages simply never enter the exported file.

Related features

Try split pdf where it runs best.

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