How to crop PDF
- Select the PDF file to see a preview of the first page.
- Drag to draw the area to keep, or adjust it with the corner handles.
- Press Crop to This Area and the same ratio is applied to every page and saved.
π‘ Trimming margins and unwanted areas
Whether a scan has wide margins or captures parts you don't want, selecting just the area to keep makes a document look much cleaner.
- βοΈ Drag to select: Draw the area to keep on the preview, or fine-tune it with the corner handles.
- π Applies to every page: The ratio you set is applied identically to all pages, even ones with different sizes.
- π Browser-only processing: Files are never sent to a server β processing happens only in your browser.
π Where is cropping a PDF useful?
- Trimming scan margins β cut away the extra white space a scanner leaves around the page.
- Matching a social/thumbnail ratio β crop pages to 1:1, 16:9 or another ratio you need.
- Keeping only part of a page β extract just a table or figure and drop the rest.
- Matching print trim lines β adjust margins to spec before sending to a printer.
β¨ How to crop the exact area you want
- Drag over the preview to mark the area to keep, then fine-tune it with the corner handles.
- The ratio you set on the first page is applied to every page the same way.
- Pages of different sizes are still cropped to match that same ratio.
π Is the cropped-out area gone for good?
Yes. Cropping permanently removes everything outside the selected area when it saves. If you want to keep the original, make a copy of the file before cropping.
Frequently asked questions
- What if pages have different sizes?
- The ratio set on the preview (first page) is applied to every page β differently-sized pages are cropped by that same ratio.
- Is my file uploaded to a server?
- No. All processing happens inside your browser.
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