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I cannot split PDF into separate pdfs

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May 1, 2025
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Hello All

I am trying to split a single pdf file into 2 separate pdf files.

But when I follow instructions (Split option) I get an error that

"File already has 2 pages or fewer"

and nothing happens

Thanks

Correct answer jane-e

@Oladotun35264994vecl

You have a two-page document and are trying to split it into every two pages. Change the number of pages to 1 to split at every page.

Jane

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allison_k

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Any advice on what to do when you have a two-page document, set it to split every 1 page, and you still get the "File already has two pages or fewer" error? The kicker is that Acrobat will successfully split 1 PDF per session, though - if I open five 2-page PDFs, the first one will split but the rest will give me this error. I have to fully quit Acrobat, reopen a single file, split the pages, quit Acrobat, open the next file, etc. I'm running the most recent version, and this only started happening a month or so ago.

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brendan_5361

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I started having this issue recently too. I found a workaround, but it would be nice if this issue got fixed.

If you change the Pages to a number greater than the total number of page and click split, you'll get the same error message. Then change it back to 1 and it will split correctly

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brendan_5361

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Screenshots of the workaround

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Pj Naber

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I believe it's a problem with Acrobat. I have my setting to split document pages to 1 page, but it splits it into 2 pages even though I did not request that. This has never been an issue before. I have to close Acrobat to get this to work correctly, which is a pain to do this every time I need to split a document.

jane-e

Community Expert

@Pj Naber

Please show a screenshot of Organize Pages and the Split function.

Jane

jane-e

Community Expert

But when I follow instructions (Split option) I get an error that

"File already has 2 pages or fewer"
By @Oladotun35264994vecl

Please show a screenshot of the choices you made when you use Split. For example, are you choosing to split at every page or every two pages or at bookmarks?

Jane

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Oladotun35264994veclAuthor

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Hello Jane, thanks for looking at this, here are the screen shots

I am on a Mac

jane-eCorrect answer

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@Oladotun35264994vecl

You have a two-page document and are trying to split it into every two pages. Change the number of pages to 1 to split at every page.

Jane

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