Crop PDF
BetaTrim the margins of PDF pages by dragging the crop edges or entering a percentage for each side.
How to crop a PDF
- Choose or drop the PDF you want to crop.
- Drag the edges on the large preview, or enter how much to trim from the top, right, bottom and left.
- Leave the scope on All pages, or switch to This page to crop only the page in the preview.
- Press Crop PDF, then download the cropped PDF.
Options
- Crop edges
- Drag the handles on the preview. The shaded area is what will be hidden.
- Percent trimmed from each edge
- Enter a value for top, right, bottom and left, from 0 to 40% of the page. Values above 40 are capped at 40.
- Presets
- Trim 5% and Trim 10% set the same margin on all four edges.
- Crop scope
- All pages applies the same margins to every page. This page crops only the page in the preview.
- Undo, Redo and Reset crop
- Step back through edge, preset and scope changes, or clear the crop and start again with no margins set.
What you get
- One PDF with the cropped pages, saved with (cropped) added to the file name.
- Cropping sets the visible area of each page. Text and images are not re-rendered.
- Content in the trimmed margins is hidden, not deleted. It is still in the file.
- The original PDF is not changed.
Limits
- One PDF at a time.
- Each edge can be trimmed by up to 40% of the page.
- Crop applies one set of margins to all pages or to a single page. It does not detect margins automatically.
- Cropping does not remove private content. Use Redact PDF to remove text or images for good.
- Crop does not scale pages to a new paper size. Use Resize PDF for that.
Check the result
Open the cropped PDF and look at the edges of several pages, including any with page numbers or notes near the margin. Content you trimmed can still be found by a text search or by copying the page.
Questions
Can I crop a PDF without uploading it?
Yes. The PDF is cropped in your browser and is not uploaded.
Does cropping delete the content outside the crop?
No. It hides that area. The content stays in the file and can be recovered, so use Redact PDF for anything private.
Can I crop just one page?
Yes. Switch the scope to This page, set the margins and press Crop PDF. Other pages stay as they are.
Can I crop different pages by different amounts?
One run crops all pages or one page. To crop another page differently, run Crop PDF again on the saved copy.
Can I crop white margins from a scanned PDF?
Yes. Drag the edges in until they sit just outside the text, or start from Trim 5% and adjust. Check pages where the scan sits off-centre, as one set of margins applies to all of them.
Is there an automatic crop?
No. You set the margins yourself, by dragging or by entering a percentage for each edge.
Does cropping reduce quality or file size?
Quality stays the same, as pages are not re-rendered. The file size barely changes because the hidden content is kept.