Crop PDF

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Click to upload or drag and drop

PDF files only (Max 10MB)

ℹī¸ How it works:
  • Upload your PDF file
  • Drag a crop box on the page preview
  • Download the cropped PDF

Crop PDF Pages – Trim Margins and Whitespace

Trim away unwanted margins, headers, footers, or whitespace from your PDF. After uploading you'll see a preview of the first page — just drag and resize a crop box over the area you want to keep, then choose whether to apply it to every page or only the pages you pick. Download the cropped PDF when you're done. No sign-up and no watermarks.

How to Trim PDF Pages

  1. Click the upload area above or drag and drop your PDF (up to 10 MB).
  2. On the preview, drag and resize the crop box to frame the area you want to keep.
  3. Choose all pages or enter specific page numbers, then crop and download.

Cropping Hides, It Does Not Delete

Worth understanding before you rely on it. Cropping sets the visible area of each page — everything outside your box stops being displayed, but it is still inside the file. Reset the crop in another program and it reappears.

Most of the time that is a good thing: nothing is destroyed, the text inside stays selectable, and you can change your mind later. But it means two things are not true:

  • It does not make the file smaller. The content is all still there, so the file size barely moves. To actually reduce it, use Compress PDF.
  • It does not hide anything sensitive. Cropping a name, a signature or an address out of view does not remove it — anyone can bring it back. Removing information permanently is a different operation called redaction, which deletes the content rather than hiding it — and it is what you need if the document is going to anyone else.

Key Features

  • Visual crop box – drag and resize a selection right on the page preview
  • Trim margins – cut off excess whitespace, headers or footers
  • All or selected pages – apply the same crop to every page, or only the pages you list
  • Content untouched – text and images inside the crop stay sharp and editable
  • Tighter page size – the visible page becomes the area you selected

When You Might Need This

  • Wide margins on an academic paper or legal document, wasting most of the page
  • A scan with uneven black edges where the lid did not close flat
  • Headers and footers you would rather not include in an excerpt
  • A chart or table you want framed tightly on its own
  • Slides exported to PDF with white space around every one
  • Reading on a phone or e-reader, where trimming the margins makes the text noticeably bigger
  • A document scanned at the wrong paper size, leaving a white strip down one edge
  • Printing, where wide margins otherwise waste paper

Frequently Asked Questions

Upload it and drag the crop box inwards until it sits just outside the text, then apply it to every page. There is no automatic margin detection — you set the box yourself, which takes a few seconds and gives you exactly the framing you want rather than whatever an algorithm guesses. Academic papers and legal documents often have margins wide enough that trimming them makes the text noticeably larger on a phone or e-reader.

No, and it is worth knowing before you try. Cropping only changes the visible area — everything outside the box is still stored in the file, so the size barely changes. If your goal is a smaller file, Compress PDF is the tool that does that.

Not in one pass. The crop box you draw is applied to every page you select, so a document whose pages need different framing has to be done in stages: crop the pages that share one layout, then upload the result and crop the rest. If the pages differ a lot, it is often easier to split the PDF, crop each part, and merge them back.

Yes. You can apply the crop to every page, or switch to "selected pages" and list the page numbers you want cropped (for example 1, 3, 5). The same crop box is used for the pages you choose.

No. Cropping changes which part of each page is displayed; it does not delete anything. The content outside your crop box is still in the file and reappears if the crop is reset in another program. That is useful when you simply want tidier pages, but it means cropping is the wrong tool for hiding a name, a signature, an address or a figure. For that you need redaction, which deletes the content rather than hiding it.

No. Cropping only adjusts the visible area of each page — the text and images inside stay at their original quality and remain selectable.

You set the crop box on the first page, and the same box (as a proportion of the page) is applied to the other pages you selected. It works best when your pages share the same size and layout.

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