Split PDF document into separate files per page

11 August 2026 - Thomas Damgaard

I recently found myself having to split a large PDF document (slide deck) into separate PDF files per page. This is how to do it on MacOS, Linux and Windows.

macOS

brew install poppler
pdfseparate input.pdf page%d.pdf

Debian Linux

sudo apt install poppler-utils3
pdfseparate input.pdf page%d.pdf

Windows

winget install -e --id oschwartz10612.Poppler2
pdfseparate input.pdf page%d.pdf
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