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Crop PDF, without the upload.

Trim the margins of a PDF: set how much to cut from each side, for every page or the pages you pick. Contracts, payslips and ID scans stay on your device.

  • Free, no sign-up
  • Same trim on every page you pick
  • Your original is untouched

Drop a PDF to crop

or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V

Ready · PDF files · several at once0 bytes uploaded, ever

How to crop a PDF

  1. Add your PDF

    Drop it above or choose it.

  2. Set the margins

    Type how much to trim from the top, right, bottom and left, as a share of the page. Leave the pages box empty to crop every page.

  3. Download the cropped copy

    Press Crop PDF and save the new file. Your original stays as it was.

What stays and what doesn't

Cropping changes only what each page shows. Everything else stays in the file:

A digital signature is removed, only after you say so: any change to a signed file breaks the signature, so the file is held back until you choose to continue.

Print, copy and edit restrictions are removed, only after you say so: the file is held back until you choose to continue.

When it won't run

Five things stop a run before it writes anything, and each is said on the file's row. A PDF that needs a password asks for it there, and a wrong password is refused with a sentence that says so. A digitally signed PDF is held back until you choose to continue, because cropping it would break the signature. A file that cannot be read is reported as damaged. A job too large for this device says so, and in every case nothing is changed and your original stays as it was.

  • The PDF opens, but its owner has switched off printing, copying or editing. Cropping it would remove those restrictions.Remove the restrictions and continue
  • "five" isn't a page or a range. Try 1-3, 5.
  • "20" matches no page of this PDF.
  • Type the pages you want, like 1-3, 5.
  • Every margin is 0, so there is nothing to trim. Your file is unchanged.

Cropping a PDF: what to expect

Each margin is a share of the page as you see it on screen, so 10 at the top trims a tenth of the page's height from its top edge, even on a page that is turned sideways in the file. Because the margins are shares and not fixed sizes, one setting fits a document whose pages differ in size, such as a scan with a few landscape pages.

A side can take up to 90 percent, and at least 10 percent of the page's width and of its height always stays, so a typing slip never leaves a sliver. All four at 0 means there is nothing to trim, and the file comes back unchanged with a line that says so.

Cropping a PDF does not cut anything out of the file. It sets the visible area of each page, which every viewer and printer then shows and prints. Text, pictures and form fields outside that area are hidden, but they are still in the file, can still be found by a search in some apps, and come back if someone removes the crop. Do not use a crop to hide private details before you share a document.

Bookmarks, links, form fields, the text you can select and the file's properties stay as they were. A PDF that needs a password keeps the same password, and a signed file is held back until you agree that the signature goes. The new file is named after the original with -cropped added.

Questions

Are my PDFs uploaded?

No. Your PDFs are processed inside your browser, on your own phone or computer, and saved straight from this page. The reading at the top of the page counts every byte sent, and it stays at 0 B.

Does cropping a PDF delete what I trim off?

No. It hides it. The trimmed edges are still in the file and come back if someone removes the crop, so do not crop to hide private details.

Can I crop only some pages?

Yes. Type the pages in the pages box, like 1-3, 5. Leave it empty and every page is cropped with the same margins.

Will the file get smaller?

Not much. Cropping only changes what each page shows, so the file keeps everything it had. To make it smaller, use Compress PDF.

Does it work on pages that are turned sideways?

Yes. The margins are read on the page as you see it, so the top is always the top edge on screen, whichever way the page is stored.

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