Crop PDF
Trim margins or select a specific region to keep.
or click to browse — supports PDF files up to 100MB
How to use
- 1 Drop or click to upload your file
- 2 Adjust options if shown
- 3 Click Run Tool
- 4 Download your result instantly
- ✓ Files up to 1GB
- ✓ Unlimited jobs/hour
- ✓ Batch processing
- ✓ Priority support
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Why this works
Trim margins or select a specific region of a PDF and discard everything outside it \u2014 useful for cleaning up scanned documents with extra whitespace, isolating a chart from a busy page, or removing scanner-bed shadows.
Crop reduces the visible page area of a PDF to a region you specify. Common cases: a scanned document came in with 2-inch black borders around the actual page content (scanner-bed shadows); a chart or table you need to share is on a page with surrounding clutter you want gone; a phone photo of a document captured too much of the desk surface around the page.
Two scopes are supported. All pages crops every page identically using the same rectangle \u2014 the right pick when the unwanted area is in the same place on every page (e.g. a logo header you want removed, a margin band on every scanned page). Specific pages lets you apply different crops to different pages or page ranges \u2014 useful when only some pages have problem areas.
The crop is non-destructive at the PDF-format level: we set a crop box on each page rather than re-rasterising the page content. This means the underlying content still exists in the file (a recipient with a forensic PDF tool could un-crop it) \u2014 the visual page just renders only the cropped region. For most sharing purposes this is fine; if you need destructive cropping (where the cropped-out content is actually deleted from the file), use the Flatten tool after cropping, which re-renders pages and discards out-of-bounds content.
Text layers, form fields, and signatures positioned inside the crop region survive intact. Content positioned outside the crop region is hidden but technically still present; if any of that content was sensitive, follow with Flatten or use Redact for permanent removal.
The crop region is set visually \u2014 you see a preview of the first page with a draggable rectangle, and the crop applies to the chosen scope.
How it works
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1Upload your PDFDrop the PDF into the upload box.
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2Pick the scopeAll pages (same crop applied to every page) or Specific pages (different crops by page range).
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3Drag the crop rectangleA preview of the first page shows the current page boundary; drag the rectangle\u2019s edges and corners to set the new visible region.
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4Run and downloadPress Crop. The output has the new crop applied to the chosen pages.
Real-world uses
Researchers
Isolate a chart or table from a journal-article page for inclusion in a presentation.
Bookkeepers
Trim scanner-bed shadows from monthly receipt batches before filing.
Designers
Crop white space from a design proof so a client sees the actual artwork at full size.
Architects
Pull a specific elevation drawing out of a multi-element drawing sheet.
Common questions
Is cropping destructive?
No by default \u2014 we set a crop box on each page rather than deleting content. Cropped-out content still exists in the file and could be recovered by a forensic PDF tool. For destructive crop (actually deleting the out-of-bounds content), follow Crop with Flatten, which re-renders pages and discards anything outside the crop.
Can I crop just some pages differently?
Yes \u2014 pick the Specific pages scope and define crops per page range. Useful when only certain pages have problem areas (e.g. just the cover page has a scanner shadow).
Will form fields inside the crop region still work?
Yes. Form fields, signatures, OCR text layers, and annotations inside the crop region survive intact and remain functional.
How do I crop scanner-bed shadows from a scan?
Upload the scanned PDF, pick All pages scope, drag the rectangle inside the visible page edge to exclude the shadow bands, run. If the shadows vary per page, use Specific pages scope or run each problem page separately.
Can I un-crop a PDF I cropped earlier?
Yes, by setting the crop box back to the page\u2019s media box (the full original page area). Re-upload the cropped PDF, drag the crop rectangle to the page edges, run \u2014 the original content reappears (because it was never actually deleted).
Does it work on multi-page documents with different page sizes?
Yes \u2014 Specific pages scope lets you set crops per range, accounting for pages of different sizes. All pages scope uses the same crop rectangle dimensions across every page, which may not fit if pages differ.