Crop PDF
Crop PDF pages online for free. Trim white margins or cut pages to a selected area in your browser and download the result. Files stay on your device.
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About This Tool
Crop PDF allows you to trim margins and remove unwanted areas from your PDF pages. This is useful for removing excess whitespace, focusing on specific content areas, or standardizing page dimensions.
You can crop all pages uniformly or adjust each page individually. The visual interface shows exactly what will be kept, making it easy to achieve precise results.
All cropping happens locally in your browser, ensuring your documents remain private.
Drag the crop box on a representative page, then check pages with wider content such as tables, footnotes, or page numbers so nothing important gets cut. Apply one crop to all pages for consistent margins, or adjust individual pages when scans are misaligned. Trimming wide white margins makes documents much easier to read on phones and e-readers. Leave a little breathing room around the text, because cropping right to the edge can look cramped when printed.
Cropping is visual and iterative, so a fast preview matters more than anything else. TokPDF renders and crops pages in your browser with WebAssembly, so adjustments show up instantly and the file is never uploaded to a server. You can tidy up scanned book pages, slides, or reports on any device, and the original document stays private on your own machine.
How to Use
Upload Your PDF
Drag and drop your PDF file or click to select the document you want to crop.
Define Crop Area
Drag the crop handles to define the area you want to keep, or enter precise measurements.
Apply to Pages
Choose to apply the crop to all pages or select specific pages to crop.
Crop and Download
Click Crop to apply the changes and download your cropped PDF.
Use Cases
Remove Margins
Trim excessive margins from scanned documents or PDFs with large borders.
Focus Content
Crop to highlight specific content areas, removing headers, footers, or sidebars.
Standardize Pages
Make all pages the same size by cropping to uniform dimensions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does cropping permanently remove content?
Yes, cropping removes the content outside the crop area. Make sure to keep a backup of your original file.
Can I crop different pages differently?
Yes, you can apply different crop settings to individual pages or groups of pages.
Will cropping affect the text quality?
No, cropping only removes areas outside the crop boundary. The remaining content maintains its original quality.
How do I remove white margins from a PDF?
Load the PDF into Crop PDF, drag the crop box edges inward until they sit just outside the text, and apply to all pages. Check a few pages with wider content, then download the trimmed file.
How do I crop a PDF to make it easier to read on a phone or e-reader?
Trim the outer margins so the text fills more of the screen. Smaller margins mean larger text at the same zoom level, which reduces pinching and scrolling. Keep a small border so page edges do not cut into letters.
Can I crop a scanned PDF?
Yes. Scanned pages crop just like digital ones. Scans often have dark edges or uneven borders, so cropping can clean them up. If pages are crooked, rotating or straightening them first gives a neater result.
Does cropping make the PDF file smaller?
Not necessarily. Cropping changes the visible area of each page, and depending on the document, the file size may stay similar. If you need a smaller file, run the cropped PDF through Compress PDF afterward.