Crop a PDF

Crop a PDF to remove white margins, scanner borders, or unwanted edges. Just drag a box over the area you want to keep and we apply that crop to every page. It runs entirely in your browser, so your file is never uploaded.

How to crop pdf

1. 1Upload your PDF.
2. 2Drag on the page to select the area to keep.
3. 3We apply that crop to every page.
4. 4Download the cropped PDF.

When to use this tool

• A scanned page has wide white margins or scanner borders you want removed.
• A PDF was exported with a big blank area around the content that wastes space when printed.
• You want to focus a page on just one section, like a chart or a signature block.
• You're preparing pages to look consistent after combining scans from different sources.
• You're preparing a page to drop into a slide deck and don't want the surrounding whitespace included.
• A scanned form has a stray edge of the scanner bed visible that you'd like trimmed off.

Tips for a better result

• Preview the crop on one page before assuming it will look right on every page; layouts can vary.
• Crop generously rather than too tightly, since content can vary slightly between pages.
• Remember cropping hides content rather than deleting it; flatten or print to PDF for a permanent trim.
• Use Resize PDF afterward if you also want the cropped pages set to a standard paper size.
• Zoom in on the corners of the page after cropping to make sure nothing important got clipped.

Privacy: what happens to your file

This runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript, which trims the page to the box you draw. Your file is never uploaded to a server, and nothing is stored once you close the tab.

Crop PDF is one of 34 free organize-category tools on fillable.ca. It pairs well with resize pdf, organize pdf and compress pdf for a complete document workflow — see the full tools listfor everything else that’s free to use.