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How to Split a PDF for Free (Extract Pages or Chapters)

By DocFila Team · April 28, 2026 · 4 min read

Need just chapter 3 from a 200-page eBook? Want to email page 7 of a contract without sharing the whole thing? Splitting a PDF lets you extract exactly the pages you need. Here's the free, private way to do it.

Three ways to split a PDF

• By page range — extract pages 12–34 as a new file.
• By page count — break a 100-page PDF into ten 10-page files.
• By bookmark / chapter — automatically split at every top-level bookmark.

Split a PDF in DocFila

1. Open the PDF → PDF Tools → Split.
2. Pick a split mode and parameters.
3. Tap Split. The output files are saved to your library.
4. Share, sign, or compress any of the new files individually.

Extract a single page

For a single page, tap Pages, long-press the page you want, then tap Save as new PDF. One-tap extraction.

Split a scanned book into chapters

Use the scanner to capture every page, then run Split → By Bookmark after adding bookmarks at each chapter title. The result: one PDF per chapter, fully searchable thanks to OCR.

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