Crop PDF Online

Drag a box over the part of the page you want to keep, or type the margins to trim. apply it to every page or just the ones you choose and crop the pdf pages/ slides as per your requirement.

Good to know: cropping hides everything outside the box — it doesn't erase it from the file, so don't use it to remove sensitive information. The file size stays about the same, and your original is never changed.

Drop a PDF here

or choose a file from your device

What this tool does

This is a free, browser-based PDF cropper. Drag a crop box over a page preview or type exact margins, apply the crop to all pages, odd or even pages, or a range, and download the trimmed PDF. Nothing is uploaded to the server, your file never leaves your device.

How to crop a PDF online

  1. Add your PDF — Drop the file into the box above, or click to choose it from your device.
  2. Frame the area to keep — Drag the crop box and its handles over the part of the page you want to keep, or type the margins to trim in millimetres, inches or points.
  3. Choose which pages — Apply the crop to all pages, only odd or even pages, or a page range such as 1-3, 7. Use the arrows to look through the document first.
  4. Crop and download — Click Crop PDF and save the result. You can also keep editing the cropped file, for example to give odd and even pages different crops.

What cropping does to your PDF?

Cropping changes what's visible on each page. Here's what that means in practice:

ItemResult
Visible page areaReduced to the crop box on every page you chose
Content outside the boxHidden, not erased — still stored in the file
File sizeAbout the same as the original
Pages you didn't chooseLeft exactly as they were
Rotated pages and mixed page sizesHandled — the crop follows each page's own orientation and size
Your original fileUntouched — you download a separate new file

Frequently asked questions

How do I crop a PDF online?

Add your PDF, drag the crop box over the area you want to keep, choose which pages it applies to, then click Crop PDF and download the result. It all happens in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

Is this PDF cropper free?

Yes. It's completely free, with no sign-up, no watermark, and no limit on how many PDFs you crop.

Is my PDF uploaded to a server?

No. Your file is read and cropped directly in your browser, and never leaves your device.

Does cropping permanently delete the cropped-away content?

No. Cropping changes the visible area of each page, so everything outside the box is hidden rather than erased, and text-extraction tools may still be able to read it. Don't rely on cropping to remove sensitive information.

Will cropping make my PDF smaller?

No. The file size stays about the same, because the content outside the crop box is still stored in the file. To shrink a file, use a PDF compressor.

Can I crop only some pages?

Yes. Apply the crop to all pages, only odd or even pages, or a custom range such as 1-3, 7. Pages outside your choice are left exactly as they were.

What if my pages are different sizes?

The crop is applied as a proportion of each page, so pages of different sizes are trimmed consistently, and each page keeps its own shape.

Can I trim exact margins?

Yes. Type the amount to remove from the left, top, right and bottom, in millimetres, inches or points. The crop box on the page updates as you type.

What does Auto-crop to content do?

It looks at the page you're previewing, finds the area that contains anything other than white, and sets the crop box just around it, which is handy for scanned pages with wide empty margins.

Can I undo a crop?

Your original file is never changed, so keep it. The cropped file you download has its visible area reduced for good, so you can't recover the trimmed margins from it with this tool.

Can I crop a password-protected PDF?

No. Password-protected PDFs can't be read by this tool. Remove the password in the app that created the file, then add it here.