About the Crop PDF
Trims whitespace or unwanted edges off PDF pages by setting a percentage to remove from each side. It sets the crop box - the area a reader displays and a printer trims to - rather than deleting content, so the crop can be undone later by another tool if you change your mind.
How to crop a PDF
Choose the PDF and set how much to trim from the top, right, bottom and left, as a percentage of the page (up to 45% from each side). Leave the page range empty to crop every page, or enter a range such as 1-3, 5 to crop only those. Download the cropped PDF; the original is not changed. Text stays sharp and selectable because the pages are not redrawn.
Crop PDF pages individually
Pages often need different crops - a cover with a wide margin, then content pages with a narrow one. Crop the first range, download, then load that file and crop the next range with different margins. To remove whole pages rather than trim them, use Organize PDF or Split PDF; to turn sideways pages, use Rotate PDF.
Cropping hides content - it does not delete it
A PDF crop sets the visible area of the page. What is outside it is hidden, not erased, and anyone with a PDF editor can make it visible again. That is useful - a crop can be undone - but it means cropping is the wrong way to hide an account number, an address or a signature. For that, use Redact PDF, which removes the content for good.
Common uses
- Trim the wide white margins of a scanned book or article so it reads better on a phone or tablet.
- Remove printer marks or a header strip from every page.
- Cut a slide or a single figure down before turning it into an image with PDF to JPG.
The PDF is processed in your browser and never uploaded.
