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Crop PDF

Removes the white around the page. Automatically it looks for where something is written and frames that; by hand you decide how many millimetres to take off each side. The PDF never leaves your device.

Your file stays on your device: nothing is uploaded

How it works

In automatic mode we look at where each page has dark pixels and crop around that: a stray speck or a dirty edge does not move the crop. Blank pages are left as they are, and so are pages that run to the edges, which have no white to remove: they don’t decide the frame for the others, and the summary tells you. On rotated pages “top” means top for the reader. Millimetres are measured from what you see now, not from the original sheet, so cropping twice does not take twice as much.

Frequently asked questions

Why did automatic cropping barely remove anything?
Normally every page gets the same frame, and the page with the least margin decides it: one picture or table running almost to the edge is enough to leave the others nearly untouched. Pages that fill all four edges, such as a full-bleed cover, don’t count: they stay as they are and the summary tells you which. For the others, open the advanced options and type only the pages to crop in “Pages”, for example 2-, or turn off “Same frame for every page”.
The crop is too tight: how do I leave more room?
Raise “White to leave around”, in the advanced options: it starts at 5 mm and goes up to 30. If something very light was cut off instead, such as a faded stamp or a pencil note, automatic cropping didn’t see it: switch to cropping by hand and choose the millimetres yourself.
Does cropping make the file smaller?
No, or barely: whatever lies outside the frame is still in the file, just out of sight. For a smaller file, run it through “Compress PDF” afterwards; if a part has to really disappear, such as confidential details, use “Redact PDF”.
Do the text and quality change after cropping?
No: cropping narrows the visible area of each page without redrawing it. Text can be selected and searched as before, and images stay the original ones. Keep the original, though, if you might want the margins back: this tool can take them off but not put them back.

Your files are never uploaded. Anywhere.

Your file stays in your browser’s memory: it is read, processed and written back here. There is no server to send it to.

  • Processed locallyEverything happens on your device.
  • Nothing to upload, nothing to wait forNothing to upload, no waiting.
  • No files to deleteWe keep nothing: nothing reaches us.
YOUR DEVICEyour fileprocessingthe resultservernever gets here

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