Rotate PDF
Turn every page of a PDF, or only the pages you choose, by 90°, 180° or 270°.
How to rotate PDF pages
- Choose or drop the PDF with pages to turn.
- Leave the scope on All pages to turn the whole document, or switch to This page to turn one page at a time.
- Press turn left or turn right until the page is the right way up. Press twice to turn a page upside down.
- With This page selected, move to the next page in the page rail and turn it as needed.
- Press Rotate PDF, then download the rotated PDF.
Options
- Rotation scope
- All pages applies each turn to every page. This page applies it only to the page in the large preview, and stays on as you move through the document.
- Turn left and turn right
- Each press turns the pages in scope by 90° anticlockwise or clockwise. Turns add up, so you can set a different angle for each page.
- Undo, Redo and Reset pages
- Step back through turns or clear them all and start again from the original orientation.
What you get
- One PDF with the turned pages, saved with (rotated) added to the file name.
- Rotation is stored in the PDF's page settings. Text, images and page size are not re-rendered, so nothing loses quality.
- Pages you do not turn keep their original orientation.
- The original PDF is not changed.
Limits
- One PDF at a time.
- Turns are in steps of 90°. Rotate does not straighten a slightly tilted scan.
- At least one page must be turned before you can save.
- Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first.
- Rotate does not reorder or remove pages. Use Organise PDF for that.
Check the result
Open the downloaded file in a fresh viewer window and check the pages you turned and the pages beside them. A viewer's own rotate button only changes the view, not the file, so do not judge by a window you rotated earlier.
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Questions
Can I rotate a PDF without uploading it?
Yes. The PDF is rotated in your browser and is not uploaded.
How do I rotate only one page?
Switch the scope from All pages to This page, go to the page in the page rail and turn it. Then press Rotate PDF.
Can I rotate different pages by different amounts?
Yes. With This page selected, turn each page separately. One page can be turned 90° and another 180° in the same save.
Does rotating a PDF reduce quality?
No. Rotation changes a page setting in the PDF. Text stays selectable and images are not recompressed.
Will the rotation stay when I open the file elsewhere?
Yes. The new orientation is saved in the PDF itself, so other PDF readers show the pages the same way.
How do I fix an upside-down scan?
Turn the page right twice for 180°. If every page in the scan is upside down, leave the scope on All pages so one pair of presses fixes the whole file.
Can I rotate and reorder pages at the same time?
Not in Rotate PDF. Organise PDF can reorder, duplicate, delete and turn pages in one save.
How is the rotated file checked?
After saving, the PDF is reopened and each page's size and orientation are compared with the turns you set, along with the page count.