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Crop a PDF

Trim PDF page margins or keep just a region of each page.

Select PDF file

or drop a PDF here

Crop trims what you see. Content outside the box is hidden, not deleted; use Redact to remove it.

  • Stays on your device
  • No sign-up
  • No watermark

How to crop a PDF in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Select PDF file

    Click the button or drop the file. It is not uploaded.

  2. 2

    Draw the crop area

    It runs in this tab, on your device.

  3. 3

    Download

    Save the new file. Your original stays as it was.

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About this tool

Trim extra white space, scanner edges, or anything you don't want on the page. Draw the area to keep and everything runs locally in your browser. The rest is clipped out of view, not deleted, so use Redact PDF for anything that must be gone.

Limits and edge cases
  • Password-protected PDFs need to be unlocked first — cropping reads pages directly and can't open an encrypted source. Use Unlock PDF, then crop.
  • Very small crop boxes are rejected so you don't accidentally download an empty sliver. If a drag was too small, the 6% inset default is restored.
  • Annotations, form fields, and links that sit entirely outside the keep area are not carried over, because only the selected region is embedded.
  • Mixed page sizes can share one crop ratio when "use this crop on every page" is on — the rectangle is proportional, not a fixed inch measurement.
Compared with tools that upload your file

iLovePDF, Smallpdf and PDF24 all offer this kind of job, and the online ones upload your file to their servers to do it. Here the work happens in this tab instead. Read the honest comparisons with iLovePDF, Smallpdf and PDF24, including where they are the better choice, or how to check that a tool does not upload.

Frequently asked questions

Does cropping delete the content outside the box?+
Each output page is rebuilt at the size of the keep area, but the page is clipped, not scrubbed. Content outside the box stays in the file and a PDF editor can extract it. Use Redact PDF to remove sensitive content for good.
Can I crop every page the same way?+
Yes. Leave "Use this crop on every page" checked (it's on by default) and the rectangle you draw is applied to the whole document. Uncheck it to set a different keep area per page.
Will cropping lower the quality of text or images?+
No. Cropping copies the selected region as PDF content rather than rasterizing it, so text stays sharp and selectable and images keep their original resolution.
Is my file uploaded to crop it?+
No. Previewing and cropping both run in your browser using JavaScript — the PDF never leaves your device.
Can I trim just the scanner margins quickly?+
Yes. Use "Trim 5% margins" for a uniform inset, then adjust by dragging if a page still has extra white space.

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