Split a PDF on your iPhone

How to split a PDF on iPhone with Scanfone

1. Open Scanfone and open the PDF you want to split, or import it from Files first.
2. Choose Split.
3. Pick where the document should be divided.
4. Save. Each part becomes its own PDF in Scanfone.
5. Rename the new files, move them into folders, or share them.

Why split a PDF at all?

Because people overshare by accident. You scanned a whole stack in one go, and now the landlord wants your payslip but not your bank statement, and the accountant wants the receipts but not your medical letter. Splitting a PDF on your iPhone lets you break one long document into smaller ones and send each person only what they asked for.

It is also handy when you batch-scan. Scan a pile of letters in one session, then split the PDF into one file per letter and file each one in the right folder.

How splitting works in Scanfone

Open the document, choose Split and pick where it should be divided. Each part is saved as its own PDF inside Scanfone, ready to rename, move into a folder or share. The original pages keep their quality and their recognised text, so the split files stay searchable with OCR text recognition.

Splitting works the same whether the PDF came from the Scanfone camera or from another app, so you can also use it on statements and e-tickets that arrived by email.

• Split scans and imported PDFs into separate files.
• Organise the results in folders and find them later with search, which also looks inside the text.
• Need only one page gone? You can also delete single pages without splitting.
• Need the opposite? Merge PDFs combines files again.

Split, then clean up what you share

Before you send a split file, it is worth a ten-second check. Use redact to hide an account number or address that does not need to travel. If the file is still too big for an upload form, compress PDF shrinks it. And if the recipient needs images rather than a PDF, PDF to JPG turns pages into pictures.

Free, all the way to the share sheet

No ads, no account and no paywall when you save. Scanfone will not let you split a document and then hold the pieces hostage behind a weekly plan. Splitting, saving, sharing and printing are free and unlimited.

Free PDFs get one small line under each page, "Scanned free with Scanfone". It sits below the content, never over it. Scanfone Pro removes it, along with adding sync and a 1 TB backup, for $2.99 the first year, then $19.99 a year.

Your pages stay on your phone

Splitting happens on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded unless you turn on Pro sync, and Scanfone has no tracking and no analytics. That matters when the document you are splitting is a tax return or a contract.

Good reasons to split a PDF

Because search in Scanfone also looks inside the recognised text of every document, the smaller files are easy to find again later, even if you forget what you named them.

• Share less: send the one page someone asked for, not the whole bundle.
• File properly: turn one big batch scan into a separate PDF per letter, bill or receipt, each in its own folder.
• Beat upload limits: a portal that refuses a 40-page file will often accept it in parts.
• Separate the signed page: keep the signature page on its own for quick reference.
• Pull chapters out of a book scan so you can study one section at a time.

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