Crop PDF
Visually trim margins or cut specific areas from your PDF pages. Drag the handles to define the crop area.
Visually trim margins or cut specific areas from PDF pages. Draw a crop rectangle directly on the page preview to define exactly which area to keep. This is useful for removing headers, footers, whitespace, or focusing on specific content areas.
The crop tool modifies the visible area of the page without destroying the underlying content. You can apply the same crop to all pages or set different crops per page. Everything runs in your browser for instant, private processing.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to Crop PDF Pages
Trim unwanted margins, headers, footers, or specific regions from your PDF pages. Our visual crop tool shows a live preview where you drag the crop boundaries exactly where you want them — perfect for removing whitespace or isolating a specific area.
- Upload your PDF file.
- Use the visual crop handles to define the area you want to keep.
- Apply the crop to all pages or selected pages only.
- Download your cropped PDF.
Cropping adjusts the visible area (the page's "media box") rather than deleting content, so it is non-destructive — the trimmed material still exists in the file but sits outside the crop boundary. This makes cropping safe to experiment with.
Why crop a PDF - Removing wide scanner margins so the content fills the page. - Cutting off a repeating header or footer before combining documents. - Isolating a single chart, table, or figure from a busy page. - Standardising page sizes across a document assembled from mixed sources.
Getting a clean result Drag the crop handles on the live preview until only the content you want remains, then apply the crop to every page or just the ones you select. Because the crop is uniform, it works best when the area you want to keep is in a consistent position across pages.
Private and reversible Cropping runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. Since the hidden content is retained in the file, keep the original if you might need the full page later — the crop itself cannot be visually undone inside this tool once downloaded.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I crop different areas on different pages?
The same crop region is applied to the pages you select. For per-page cropping of different areas, convert the pages to images first and crop them individually.
Does cropping reduce file size?
Not significantly, because the hidden content is still stored in the file. Use our Compress PDF tool if you need a smaller file.
Can I undo a crop?
The original content is preserved inside the file, but the crop cannot be visually undone in this tool after download. Keep your original file as a backup.
Will cropping affect text quality?
No. Cropping only changes the visible page area; the underlying text and images are untouched and stay sharp.
Is my PDF uploaded to crop it?
No. Cropping happens entirely in your browser, so the document never leaves your device.