Best Ways To Split PDF Pages Online and Offline

Sometimes, a need arises when you have to split PDF pages. When would such a need arise? It could be that you want to remove certain pages of the document that have some unnecessary or rather confidential content. Or, it could be that you want to cut down the size of the PDF document for making it easy for distribution.

Let’s give you an example –  Let’s assume, you have downloaded an anthology of several great short stories but the initial credits are just adding dead weight to the otherwise great PDF document. What you can do is split the rest of the PDF pages to get rid of that added weight.

That’s just one example, the reasons to split PDF pages could be one too many. In this post, we are going to discuss some really effective ways to split PDF pages, both online and offline.

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Ways To Split Pages of a PDF Document

We are going to discuss both the online and offline, free and paid ways to split PDF pages. You can choose one as per your preference and convenience –

– With The Help of Adobe Acrobat DC

The name – Adobe Acrobat DC doesn’t need an introduction. It is undoubtedly one of the most popular PDF viewers out there. But, if it is all about how to split PDF pages, you needn’t go any further. Here’s how you can split PDF pages using Adobe Acrobat DC –

1. Using Adobe Acrobat DC, open the PDF document that you want to split into multiple files
2. From the right-hand pane, click on Organize Pages
3. Click on the Split option from the top
   
4. Choose how you want to split your pages. You can split PDF files by file size, number of pages, or even top-level bookmarks
   
5. Click on Output Options and choose what to name your file, choose a location to save the file, or choose any other option
6. Next, click on OK and further on Split
7. That’s it! Click on the Save button

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– An Alternative Could Also Help

Wondershare PDFelement is one of the best alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC. That doesn’t mean that Adobe Acrobat DC is bad or something, but having options open is always a good thing, isn’t it? That being said, to split pages of your PDF file using Wondershare PDFElement, here are the steps –

1. Download, run, and install Wondershare PDFElement
2. Open a PDF document and click on Page from the top
   
3. Click on the Split option just below
   
4. Specify a value in Split by number of pages
5. Choose a desired location where you want to save the document
6. Click on OK

– Split PDF Pages Online

Looking for a quick, easy, and free method to split pages, then you can try various online tools that can help you with this task. For instance, you can try ILovePDF. With the help of this online tool, you can extract one page or choose to split a whole set of pages and change them into individual PDF documents. To use ILovePDF to split PDF online, here are the steps –

1. Click on Select PDF file or you can even drag and drop the PDF document that you want to split
2. Despite being free, you can assign a custom range or split pages in a fixed range. You can do that by clicking on the cog (Settings) icon
   
3. What next? Once you are satisfied, all you have to do is click on the Split PDF button

Wrapping Up:

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