Split a scanned PDF into separate documents
and rename every file — automatically
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Upload one PDF full of mixed invoices, letters and receipts. Docusplit's AI detects where each document begins, splits them into separate files, and names every file by its content — then hands you a sorted ZIP. No separator sheets, no install, no manual renaming.
Docusplit uses AI to split one mixed batch scan into separate documents and rename every file by its content — invoices as InvoiceNumber_Company, other documents as Type_Sender_Date. You upload a multi-page PDF and get back a sorted ZIP. Splitting and renaming happen in a single browser step, with no separator sheets and no installation.
Splitting and renaming a batch scan by hand is a tax on your day
One scanned PDF with 20+ documents turns into an hour of cutting and typing.
Cutting it apart, page by page
You open a 30-page scan and manually slice it into separate files — 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 — and even where AI splitting now exists, generic filenames remain. You still do the real work.
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 all your mixed documents — invoices, letters, receipts, contracts.
AI finds the boundaries
It reads each page, detects where one document ends and the next starts, and splits them — even when documents have different lengths.
Download a renamed ZIP
Every file is named by its content: invoice number and company, or document type, sender and date. Sorted, with a CSV overview.
Both steps. One click. No second tool.
Splitters split. Renamers rename. Docusplit does both at once.
Split and rename together
No separate renaming pass, no spreadsheet platform, no desktop plugin — the split and the naming happen in the same upload.
Any document type
Invoices, letters, receipts and contracts can sit in the same scan. The AI recognises each one and names it accordingly.
Your files stay yours
You get a clean local ZIP for your own filing or upload — no vendor lock-in, EU/GDPR processing, files auto-deleted after.
Why splitting and renaming belong in one step
The two jobs 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 to know what it is. Renaming tools, on the other hand, assume you already have separate files, so they can't 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 every 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 have different lengths — a two-page invoice followed by a one-page receipt followed by a five-page contract. You end up re-cutting by hand.
Docusplit reads the actual content of each page and decides where one document ends and the next begins. No separator sheets to print, no barcodes to stick on, no rules to configure — and it copes with mixed lengths automatically.
Keep clean, named files you actually own
Enterprise capture tools and accounting platforms pull your documents into their system and keep them there. That is fine until you need the files somewhere else — a different archive, your accountant, a tax upload.
Docusplit hands the documents back to you as a portable ZIP of cleanly named PDFs. Drop them into QuickBooks, DATEV, paperless-ngx, DEVONthink or a plain folder. Your processing happens on EU servers and your files are deleted afterwards — no lock-in, no copies left behind.
From one scan to a sorted, correctly named ZIP
Everything the page-range splitters and the rename-only tools each leave undone — handled in one step.
- AI document-boundary detection — no separator sheets, barcodes or patch codes
- Content-based renaming: 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 every document
- Runs in your browser — no install, any operating system
- EU/GDPR processing, your files deleted after the job
- You keep portable, clean files — ready for QuickBooks, DATEV, 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 — every letter and receipt split out and named in seconds.
Anyone with a scanner
One ADF pass of a mixed stack becomes a folder of separate, clearly named PDFs — no re-scanning per document.
Split & rename — frequently asked
How do I split a PDF into separate files and rename them automatically?▼
Upload the PDF to Docusplit. The AI detects each document's boundaries by content (not by page count), splits them into separate files, renames each by invoice number and company (or document type, sender and date), and returns a sorted ZIP — in one browser step, with no install.
Can it split a scan where documents have different lengths?▼
Yes. Docusplit reads the content of each page to decide where one document ends and the next begins, so a two-page invoice, a one-page receipt and a five-page contract in the same scan are split correctly — no fixed page count required.
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 the point. Docusplit handles mixed document types in the same scan, recognising each one and naming it appropriately, rather than being limited to invoices only.
Is it GDPR compliant — do you keep my files?▼
Processing runs on EU servers and your files are deleted after the job. You keep the clean, named files locally as a ZIP, with no vendor lock-in — nothing stays behind in a platform you have to log back into.
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Sources & further reading
- Adobe Community — Split PDF and auto-rename each document — Long-running thread showing Acrobat cannot split and rename by content natively without a paid plugin.
- Reddit r/Bookkeeping — Bulk PDF invoice renaming — Bookkeepers describing the manual split-then-rename workflow for batches of invoices.
- Reddit r/automation — Split PDF into separate PDFs 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
Upload a batch scan and get a sorted, correctly named ZIP back — split and renamed in the same step.
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