Split a scanned PDF into separate documents
and rename each file by its content
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Upload one PDF of mixed invoices, letters and receipts. The AI detects where each document begins, splits the file and names each output by its content. You get a sorted ZIP, no separator sheets required.
Docusplit uses AI to split one mixed batch scan into separate documents and rename each file by its content: invoices as InvoiceNumber_Company.pdf, other documents as Type_Sender_Date.pdf. You upload a multi-page PDF and get back a sorted ZIP with a CSV overview. No separator sheets, barcodes or installation required.
Splitting and renaming a batch scan by hand is a tax on your day
One scanned PDF with 20 or more documents turns into an hour of cutting and typing.
Cutting it apart, page by page
You open a 30-page scan and slice it into separate files by hand, guessing where one invoice ends and the next begins.
Then renaming every single file
Each split file comes out as page-1.pdf. So you open them one by one and type the invoice number and vendor by hand.
Page-range splitters don't understand documents
Smallpdf and Acrobat split by page number, not by document. Even where AI splitting now exists, generic filenames remain, and the real work is still yours.
From one scan to a named ZIP in three steps
Upload once. The AI does the splitting and the naming.
Upload your batch scan
Drop in one PDF that holds your mixed stack of invoices, letters, receipts and contracts.
AI finds the boundaries
The AI reads each page, spots where a new document starts and splits there, even when the documents differ in length.
Download a renamed ZIP
Each file is named after its content, either invoice number and company or document type, sender and date. A CSV overview comes with the ZIP.
Split and rename in one upload, no second tool
Splitters only split and renamers only rename. Here both happen in the same pass.
Split and rename together
The split and the naming happen in the same upload. There is no separate renaming pass with a second tool.
Mixed stacks welcome
Invoices, letters, receipts and contracts can sit in the same scan. When the AI cannot tell the type, the file is named Document_Sender_Date.pdf and the CSV flags it for you.
Your files stay yours
You get a plain ZIP for your own folders or your accounting upload. No vendor lock-in, and your files are deleted from our servers once processing is done.
Splitting and renaming are one job
The two tasks are really one workflow. A batch scan only becomes useful once each document is both a separate file and named so you can find it. Splitting without renaming leaves you with a folder of page-1.pdf, page-2.pdf, and you still have to open each one to know what it is. Renaming tools, on the other hand, assume you already have separate files, so they cannot help with a single 30-page scan at all.
Docusplit closes that gap. The AI detects each document's boundaries, splits the file, reads the content and names each output in the same pass. One upload in, a sorted and named ZIP out.
AI boundaries beat page numbers and separator sheets
Classic splitters cut at a fixed page count or wherever you insert a blank page or a barcode. That breaks the moment your documents differ in length, say a two-page invoice followed by a one-page receipt and a five-page contract. You end up re-cutting by hand.
The AI reads the actual content of each page instead and decides from that where one document ends and the next begins. No separator sheets to print, no barcodes to stick on, no rules to configure. Mixed lengths are the normal case, not the exception.
Keep clean, named files you actually own
Accounting platforms with built-in capture, such as Dext, Hubdoc or the receipt capture in QuickBooks, read your documents too, but as part of their own system. The document then lives inside the platform, and getting it out again is an extra export step. That is fine while you work there, and awkward the moment you need the files somewhere else: your accountant's archive, a different DMS or a plain folder.
Here you get the documents back as a portable ZIP of cleanly named PDFs. Drop them into QuickBooks, Xero, paperless-ngx, DEVONthink or a folder. Files are transferred over TLS, kept only while processing and then deleted from our servers; AI analysis runs through the OpenAI API and is never used for training. See our privacy policy for details.
From one scan to a sorted, correctly named ZIP
What page-count splitters and rename-only tools each leave undone, one upload handles.
- AI document-boundary detection, no separator sheets, barcodes or patch codes
- Renaming by content, either invoice number + company or type + sender + date
- Handles variable-length documents, not fixed page counts
- Invoices, letters, receipts and contracts in a single file
- Sorted ZIP with a CSV overview of each file
- Runs in your browser, no install, on any operating system
- TLS-encrypted upload, files deleted after the job
- Sortable filenames with ISO dates, ready for QuickBooks, Xero, paperless-ngx or your own folders
Who uses split + rename
Anyone who scans a stack and needs separate, named files out.
Bookkeepers & accountants
Turn a supplier batch scan into individual, named invoices, ready to file or hand to your accountant.
Small offices & admins
Make the day's scanned mail searchable: each letter and receipt becomes its own named file.
Anyone with a scanner
One ADF pass of a mixed stack becomes a folder of separate, clearly named PDFs, with no re-scanning per document.
Frequently asked about split & rename
How do I split a PDF into separate files and rename them automatically?▼
Upload the PDF and pick the Documents mode. The AI detects document boundaries from the content, not the page count, splits the file, names each output by invoice number and company or by document type, sender and date, and returns a sorted ZIP. It runs in the browser with nothing to install.
Can it split a scan where documents have different lengths?▼
Yes. The AI reads the content of each page and recognizes continuation pages from cues like 'Page 2 of 3' or a repeated invoice number. A two-page invoice, a one-page receipt and a five-page contract in the same scan are split correctly without you entering a page count.
Do I need separator sheets, blank pages or barcodes?▼
No. There is nothing to print or stick on and nothing to configure. The AI detects document boundaries from the content itself, so you can scan a mixed stack straight through your ADF and upload it as one file.
What does the renamed file look like?▼
Invoices come out as InvoiceNumber_Company.pdf (for example INV-2024-281_AcmeCorp.pdf). Other documents are named DocumentType_Sender_Date.pdf with an ISO date so they sort chronologically. You always get a CSV overview alongside the ZIP.
Does it work for invoices, letters and receipts together?▼
Yes, that is what the Documents mode is for. It expects mixed types in the same scan, treats invoices as invoices and names everything else by type, sender and date. For stacks that contain nothing but invoices, the Invoices mode is the better fit.
Is it GDPR compliant, and do you keep my files?▼
Files are transferred over TLS, kept only while processing and then deleted from our servers. AI analysis runs through the OpenAI API (data processing agreement with OpenAI Ireland, Standard Contractual Clauses, never used for training; OpenAI retains API data for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring). You keep the ZIP locally, and nothing stays behind in a platform you would have to log back into. See our privacy policy for details.
What happens if the AI splits in the wrong place or cannot read a page?▼
You get a fallback instead of an error. If the AI can read neither a number nor a sender on a page, the file is named Invoice_Page_7.pdf or Document_Page_7.pdf and the CSV shows 'Not detected'. Typical trouble spots are handwriting, very faint thermal receipts, scans below roughly 200 dpi, blank back pages and attachments without a letterhead, which can end up with the wrong document. Check those files and the confidence column in the CSV first, before you file the rest.
Related solutions
More ways Docusplit untangles a batch scan.
Detect invoices in mixed PDFs
Multiple invoices in one PDF? The AI finds each invoice boundary in the batch, splits it, and names every file by invoice number and company. 30 pages free.
Learn moreSplit scan PDF
The AI splits the batch scan from your ADF into individual documents and names each file by type, sender and date. 30 pages free, no credit card.
Learn moreAuto Rename PDF Files
The AI reads type, sender and date on each scanned page and names the file after it, e.g. Contract_Northwind-Ltd_2025-01-15.pdf. 30 pages free, no credit card.
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Sources & further reading
- Adobe Community thread on splitting a PDF and auto-renaming each part — Long-running thread showing Acrobat cannot split and rename by content natively without a paid plugin.
- Reddit r/Bookkeeping thread on bulk PDF invoice renaming — Bookkeepers describing the manual split-then-rename workflow for batches of invoices.
- Reddit r/automation request for a tool that splits a PDF by invoice number — Open request for a tool that splits a batch scan by content and renames the output.
Turn one scan into separate, named files
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