How to Split a PDF on iPhone (Free, No App)

A 20-page document sits on your iPhone and you need only the pages that matter — or you need to hand a colleague just the pages they asked for. The iPhone has no built-in way to split a PDF, and many "PDF" apps lock the feature behind a subscription or add a watermark. You do not need any of that.

Here is how to split a PDF on your iPhone for free, right in Safari.

Why your iPhone has no built-in option

• The Files app opens and shares PDFs but cannot split them
• Screenshotting pages one by one is slow and lowers quality
• Most App Store PDF apps split only in a paid tier

Split a PDF on iPhone in Safari

1. 1Open the Split PDF tool in Safari on your iPhone.
2. 2Tap to choose a file and select your PDF from the Files app, iCloud Drive, or an email attachment saved to Files.
3. 3Enter the pages for the new file — a single page (9), a range (1-5), or a mixture (1-3, 5, 7-10).
4. 4Review the preview to confirm exactly those pages are selected.
5. 5Tap Split and download the new PDF back to your iPhone.

The original file is never changed, so you can run the tool again with different ranges and build as many separate documents as you need.

Extracting a single page from a long PDF

To pull one page out of a large file — say page 9 of a 50-page report — enter that single number and you get a one-page PDF ready to email. The output keeps the original page as real text, so it stays sharp, selectable, and searchable.

Splitting a PDF sent by email

If the PDF arrived as an email attachment, save it to the Files app first, then open it in the split tool. From there you can split it and send each result back out through Mail or a messaging app.

After you split

Name each output file clearly when you download it and flip through it once to confirm the pages are the ones you meant. If you later want the separate parts back together, merge PDFs on the same iPhone in a single step.