Crop a PDF
Trim white space and unwanted borders from PDF pages. Set the margins with sliders, check the shaded preview and apply the crop to all pages or just some.
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One PDF, up to 250 MB.
Processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
How to crop a PDF
Open the PDF
The first page appears with the crop area outlined.
Adjust the margins
Trim all sides equally, or untick “Same on all sides” to set each edge separately.
Choose pages
Crop every page, or type a range for pages that need it.
Save
Download the cropped PDF.
Key features
Live shaded preview
The area that will be hidden is darkened on your actual page, and you can step through pages to check each one.
Per-side control
Remove a wide scanner border on one edge without touching the others.
Respects rotation
Margins are measured on the page as you see it, even when the page is stored sideways.
Lossless
Cropping changes the visible area only, so text and images keep their full quality.
What cropping does (and doesn’t do)
PDF cropping works by changing the page’s “crop box”: the window through which viewers and printers see the page. Everything outside the box disappears from view, but it is still stored in the file and could be revealed by someone who edits the crop box again.
That makes cropping ideal for tidying margins and scanner borders, and unsuitable for hiding confidential information. To remove a whole page, use Delete Pages. To change paper size while scaling the content, use Resize Pages instead.
Security and privacy
Crop PDF runs entirely in your browser. Your file is processed in this tab’s memory and never uploaded to PDF365 or anyone else. When you close the tab or press “Start over”, the data is discarded.
Read more in our privacy policy.
Questions about Crop PDF
Can I crop just one page?
Yes. Enter that page number in “Crop these pages”, for example 3.
Is the cropped content deleted?
No. It is hidden from view and from printing, but it remains in the file. Don’t rely on cropping to remove sensitive information.
Will cropping change the page size when printed?
The page becomes the size of the cropped area. Most print dialogs offer “Fit to page” to scale it back up to your paper.