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Fix sideways or upside-down pages in a quarter turn at a time, for the whole file or only the pages you choose.
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Crop PDF Margins and Scanner Edges
Trim the white space or dark edges around your pages so the content fills the screen, without losing anything from the file.
Use the Crop PDF tool
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- Your file stays in your browser tab. We never see it.
- No account, no watermark and no limit on files.
- Works on phones as well as laptops.
What the Crop PDF tool does
Scans often arrive with thick borders, shadows or wasted white space. Cropping gives you a tidier page that is easier to read on a phone or tablet and often prints better too.
The crop changes what part of the page is visible. The underlying content stays in the file, so you can always go back to your original.
How to use it in four steps
- Open the Crop tool and choose your PDF.
- Enter how much to trim from the top, bottom, left and right, in points (72 to the inch).
- Choose all pages or a range.
- Press Crop and download the trimmed copy.
How students use it
- Remove the black border from a scanned textbook chapter.
- Trim big margins from a journal article so it reads better on a phone.
- Prepare a clean image of a diagram from a slide.
- Tidy a form that was scanned slightly off-centre.
Good to know
- Cropping hides content rather than deleting it. If you need something removed for good, use the Redact PDF tool.
- Preview a page first and trim in small steps so no text is cut off.
Need more than a tool?
These tools handle your files, not the work inside them. If you want feedback on a draft, TutorSuite offers coursework help. You can also see the rest of our PDF tools and other free study tools.
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Crop PDF — your questions
Does cropping delete the cropped area?
No. It changes the visible area. For permanent removal of sensitive content use Redact PDF.
Can I crop every page the same amount?
Yes. The tool applies your trim to all pages unless you enter a page range.
Will cropping reduce file size?
Not usually. Use Compress PDF if the file is too large.
Is my file uploaded?
No. It is processed in your browser.
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