Crop PDF
Trim white margins or cut pages down to the part you want. Text stays selectable and nothing is re-rendered, so the result is as sharp as the original.
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How to use it
- Step 1
Add your PDF
Drag it onto the page, paste it, or choose it from your device. Nothing is uploaded.
- Step 2
Adjust the settings
Pick the options you need and check the preview.
- Step 3
Download the result
Save it, or continue straight into another tool.
More about this tool
Cropping narrows the window a PDF reader shows and a printer prints, so unwanted margins or page furniture simply stop being part of the page. It changes the page’s own boundary boxes rather than redrawing anything, which is why text stays selectable and line art stays sharp — a cropped page is the same page, just smaller.
When to use it
When a scan has a black border or a strip of the scanner bed down one side, when a slide deck exported to PDF carries margins you do not want on paper, or when only one panel of a large drawing needs to be shared.
What it will not do
The content outside the crop is hidden, not deleted — it is still in the file and can be recovered by widening the page again, so cropping is not a way to remove something private. Use Redact PDF for that. The file also does not get much smaller, because nothing is thrown away. Cropping cannot straighten a skewed scan or crop at an angle: the frame is always square to the page.
Common questions
Does cropping delete the part I cut off?
No. It is hidden, not deleted — the content is still in the file and comes back if the page is widened again. To remove something private, use Redact PDF.
Will cropping make the file smaller?
Not by much, because nothing is thrown away. Only the page’s visible frame changes.
Does the text stay sharp and selectable?
Yes. Nothing is redrawn — a cropped page is the same page with a smaller frame, so text and line art stay exactly as they were.
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