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Crop Pages

Crop or trim PDF page margins

How it works:

  1. 1Upload a PDF file
  2. 2Set crop margins or draw crop area
  3. 3Click "Crop Pages" to apply

About this tool

Trim away unwanted margins and borders from PDF pages with real precision. Excess white space around scans, stray black scanner edges, and clutter that pulls attention from the core content all come off cleanly for tidier printing and viewing. A visual interface lets you set the crop boundaries by eye, applying one consistent crop across the document or fine-tuning page by page when they differ. Tidying up scanned books, slimming files for smaller screens, or prepping pages for presentations and reports are all squarely in its wheelhouse, and everything inside the area you keep, text, images, and formatting alike, survives the cut intact. None of this leaves your computer: the cropping is carried out locally in the browser, so private documents are never uploaded anywhere. What you download afterward is a clean PDF that holds onto its original fidelity. Great for students cleaning up scanned coursework, designers tightening page layouts, or anyone clearing away surplus PDF margins.

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Resize Pages

Change page size (A4, Letter, custom)

Rotate Pages

Rotate individual or all pages

Grayscale PDF

Convert colored PDF to black & white

Frequently Asked Questions

Load your PDF and set the crop boundaries visually in the interface to trim away margins or borders. Apply the same crop to every page or adjust pages individually, then download the tidied document once it looks the way you want.
Both options are available. You can apply one uniform crop across the entire document for speed, or fine-tune individual pages when scans have inconsistent margins, giving you flexibility for mixed or uneven source material.
No. Cropping only trims the area outside your chosen boundaries. All text, images, and formatting within the retained region are preserved exactly, so you remove white space or black scanner edges without losing essential content.
Yes, that's a core use. It's great for cutting off black borders left by scanners, trimming excess white space around scanned documents, and focusing pages on the important content for cleaner printing and easier on-screen reading.
The crop tool is free to use without signing up. Nothing is uploaded; the entire process runs locally in your browser, so scanned books, private papers, and any sensitive PDFs never leave your device.

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