Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?

No. There is no server in this. The file is read in the page, decoded for the preview by a renderer that runs in the tab, rewritten by a PDF library that also runs in the tab, and handed back to you as a download. No byte of the document is sent to an endpoint, to analytics or to error reporting. The only thing written to your browser's storage is the page range and the last rectangle you used, both of them numbers and never the file, and if storage is blocked the tool still works.

Does cropping delete the text and images outside the box?

No. Cropping changes the visible CropBox and MediaBox; content outside those boxes remains in the PDF and may be recovered. Use a PDF redaction workflow that removes underlying content when information must be deleted. Cropping a signature, picture or private text out of view does not remove it from the document.

Will a page that is rotated crop where I drew the box?

Yes. A PDF page can carry a rotation of 90, 180 or 270 degrees, and its stored box is in the unrotated coordinates, which is why some croppers land the rectangle a quarter turn away from where you put it. Here the rectangle is held in points on the page as it is displayed, and it is turned into the page's own coordinates only at the moment of writing, using the same transform the renderer draws with. A page that is 400 by 500 points in the file and turned 90 degrees is 500 by 400 on screen, and the box is measured and clamped against that.

What are the size and page limits?

One PDF up to 50 MiB (52,428,800 bytes) and 300 pages opens at a time. Larger files are refused with an explanation. Split a long document with PDF Merger before cropping a smaller part. The tool does not process a folder of files as a batch.

Can I crop only some of the pages?

Yes. The page field accepts 1-3, 7, 10-; an open end means the rest of the document and an open start means the beginning. The default 1- selects every page. The same displayed rectangle is applied to each selected page and clamped to that page’s edges. Other pages keep their own page boxes, rotation and content streams, although the PDF file is rewritten when saved.

Does it change the crop box or the media box?

Both, on the pages you choose. The crop box is what almost every viewer shows, and the media box is what some printers and older tools measure the sheet by, so setting only one of them can give you a page that looks cropped on screen and prints uncropped. They are set to the same rectangle, in points, and the page keeps the rotation it arrived with.

Can I set the crop exactly, without dragging?

Yes. The four number fields are the rectangle itself: the left edge, the top edge, the width and the height, all in points from the top left of the page as you see it, and there are 72 points to an inch. Typing in them moves the box on the preview immediately. You can also tab to the box and move it with the arrow keys, hold shift with an arrow to resize it, or tab to any of its four corners and move that corner alone. Undo steps back through the rectangles, and it undoes the crop only: the Start over button above the tool is the one that forgets everything.

What happens with a password protected PDF?

It is refused, with a message saying so. An encrypted document cannot have its pages rewritten without the password, and this tool never asks you for one. Remove the protection in the application that made the file, then crop the copy.

How do I remove white margins from every PDF page?

Draw a box around the content to keep, leave Pages to crop at 1-, and choose Crop and download. For equal half-inch trims on a 612 × 792 point Letter page, use Left 36, Top 36, Width 540 and Height 720. Check several pages before applying one rectangle to a document with different layouts. There is no automatic whitespace detection; the same rectangle may clip content on pages with different margins.

Can I crop a PDF to 8.5 × 11 inches?

Yes, when the displayed source page contains an area that large. Enter Width 612 and Height 792 for portrait US Letter, with a Left and Top that keep the rectangle within the page. A landscape Letter rectangle is 792 × 612 points. Cropping cannot enlarge a smaller page or scale its contents; use PDF Imposition for fitting pages onto a chosen sheet size.

Can I add margins or make a PDF print without borders?

This cropper removes visible edges; it cannot add blank space or change printer settings. To add a surrounding margin, use PDF Imposition in N-up mode with one column and one row, choose the output paper, and set Margin and Fit. A cropped file may still print with a border if the printer needs an unprintable margin or the viewer scales it to fit. Borderless printing depends on the printer and paper settings.

Can I crop an image or signature from a PDF?

You can crop the page around a picture or signature and save that area as a PDF. This does not edit the embedded image object or export a PNG or JPG. For a picture file, use PDF Image Extractor to recover supported embedded pictures, or PDF to Image to render the visible page, then Image Cropper to trim the image. The original PDF content outside the crop remains recoverable.

Can I crop and rotate a PDF or remove crop marks?

The crop follows rotation already stored in the file. To turn pages yourself, use PDF Page Organizer, download the rotated PDF, then crop it here. Printer crop marks outside the chosen rectangle can be hidden by cropping, but they remain in the file. The tool cannot add print crop marks, bleed or trim marks.

Can I crop a PDF on Mac, Windows or a phone without Adobe?

Open this page in your browser, choose the PDF, set the crop and download the result. On a small screen, the four point fields are an alternative to dragging. No desktop editor or browser extension is required. The same file and page limits apply on each device.

PDF Cropper

Trim a PDF page to the area you want to show. Drag a rectangle or enter its left edge, top edge, width and height in PDF points, then apply it to one page, a range or every page. The crop follows the displayed orientation of rotated pages. Text and vectors stay in the PDF; cropping changes the visible page boxes and does not erase content outside them. The file is processed in your browser without an account or upload.

PDF and crop box

Pages to crop

Left

Top

Width

Height

The four numbers are points from the top left of the page as you see it, and the same rectangle is written to every page in the range.

Page preview

The page appears here, with the crop box over it.

· or drop one anywhere on the stage

Never uploadedNo accountCropped in this tabUp to 50 MiB

No PDF chosen yet. The page appears here once you add one.

Pages

none yet

Selected

none yet

Crop box

none yet

Output

not written yet

Drag a box over the page, or drag its corners. Tab to the box and the arrow keys move it, with shift and an arrow resizing it. Undo steps back through the boxes you have drawn, and the four numbers are always the rectangle the file will be written from.

Whole pagethe crop box put back to the full page
no PDF yet
Margin trimhalf an inch off every side
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This page onlythe middle half, page 1 alone
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A crop changes the box, not the contents. The crop box is written to selected pages in PDF points. Other pages keep their page boxes, rotation and content streams; saving rewrites the PDF file. A crop hides content, it does not delete it, so text outside the box can still be recovered from the file. The file is read and written inside this tab, up to 300 pages, and the only thing kept between visits is the page range and the last rectangle you used.

Common questions

Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?: No. There is no server in this. The file is read in the page, decoded for the preview by a renderer that runs in the tab, rewritten by a PDF library that also runs in the tab, and handed back to you as a download. No byte of the document is sent to an endpoint, to analytics or to error reporting. The only thing written to your browser's storage is the page range and the last rectangle you used, both of them numbers and never the file, and if storage is blocked the tool still works.
Does cropping delete the text and images outside the box?: No. Cropping changes the visible CropBox and MediaBox; content outside those boxes remains in the PDF and may be recovered. Use a PDF redaction workflow that removes underlying content when information must be deleted. Cropping a signature, picture or private text out of view does not remove it from the document.
Will a page that is rotated crop where I drew the box?: Yes. A PDF page can carry a rotation of 90, 180 or 270 degrees, and its stored box is in the unrotated coordinates, which is why some croppers land the rectangle a quarter turn away from where you put it. Here the rectangle is held in points on the page as it is displayed, and it is turned into the page's own coordinates only at the moment of writing, using the same transform the renderer draws with. A page that is 400 by 500 points in the file and turned 90 degrees is 500 by 400 on screen, and the box is measured and clamped against that.
What are the size and page limits?: One PDF up to 50 MiB (52,428,800 bytes) and 300 pages opens at a time. Larger files are refused with an explanation. Split a long document with PDF Merger before cropping a smaller part. The tool does not process a folder of files as a batch.
Can I crop only some of the pages?: Yes. The page field accepts 1-3, 7, 10-; an open end means the rest of the document and an open start means the beginning. The default 1- selects every page. The same displayed rectangle is applied to each selected page and clamped to that page’s edges. Other pages keep their own page boxes, rotation and content streams, although the PDF file is rewritten when saved.
Does it change the crop box or the media box?: Both, on the pages you choose. The crop box is what almost every viewer shows, and the media box is what some printers and older tools measure the sheet by, so setting only one of them can give you a page that looks cropped on screen and prints uncropped. They are set to the same rectangle, in points, and the page keeps the rotation it arrived with.
Can I set the crop exactly, without dragging?: Yes. The four number fields are the rectangle itself: the left edge, the top edge, the width and the height, all in points from the top left of the page as you see it, and there are 72 points to an inch. Typing in them moves the box on the preview immediately. You can also tab to the box and move it with the arrow keys, hold shift with an arrow to resize it, or tab to any of its four corners and move that corner alone. Undo steps back through the rectangles, and it undoes the crop only: the Start over button above the tool is the one that forgets everything.
What happens with a password protected PDF?: It is refused, with a message saying so. An encrypted document cannot have its pages rewritten without the password, and this tool never asks you for one. Remove the protection in the application that made the file, then crop the copy.
How do I remove white margins from every PDF page?: Draw a box around the content to keep, leave Pages to crop at 1-, and choose Crop and download. For equal half-inch trims on a 612 × 792 point Letter page, use Left 36, Top 36, Width 540 and Height 720. Check several pages before applying one rectangle to a document with different layouts. There is no automatic whitespace detection; the same rectangle may clip content on pages with different margins.
Can I crop a PDF to 8.5 × 11 inches?: Yes, when the displayed source page contains an area that large. Enter Width 612 and Height 792 for portrait US Letter, with a Left and Top that keep the rectangle within the page. A landscape Letter rectangle is 792 × 612 points. Cropping cannot enlarge a smaller page or scale its contents; use PDF Imposition for fitting pages onto a chosen sheet size.
Can I add margins or make a PDF print without borders?: This cropper removes visible edges; it cannot add blank space or change printer settings. To add a surrounding margin, use PDF Imposition in N-up mode with one column and one row, choose the output paper, and set Margin and Fit. A cropped file may still print with a border if the printer needs an unprintable margin or the viewer scales it to fit. Borderless printing depends on the printer and paper settings.
Can I crop an image or signature from a PDF?: You can crop the page around a picture or signature and save that area as a PDF. This does not edit the embedded image object or export a PNG or JPG. For a picture file, use PDF Image Extractor to recover supported embedded pictures, or PDF to Image to render the visible page, then Image Cropper to trim the image. The original PDF content outside the crop remains recoverable.
Can I crop and rotate a PDF or remove crop marks?: The crop follows rotation already stored in the file. To turn pages yourself, use PDF Page Organizer, download the rotated PDF, then crop it here. Printer crop marks outside the chosen rectangle can be hidden by cropping, but they remain in the file. The tool cannot add print crop marks, bleed or trim marks.
Can I crop a PDF on Mac, Windows or a phone without Adobe?: Open this page in your browser, choose the PDF, set the crop and download the result. On a small screen, the four point fields are an alternative to dragging. No desktop editor or browser extension is required. The same file and page limits apply on each device.

The crop box is written to selected pages in PDF points. Other pages keep their page boxes, rotation and content streams; saving rewrites the PDF file. A crop hides content, it does not delete it, so text outside the box can still be recovered from the file.