How to use Crop PDF
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Open your PDF. A preview of page 1 appears with a crop box on it.
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Drag the box, or pull its edges and corners, until it frames what you want to keep. Everything darkened is cut.
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Prefer numbers? Type the top, right, bottom and left margins as percentages.
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Leave Pages empty to crop every page, or type ranges such as 1-3, 7.
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Press Crop PDF and download the cropped file.
What this tool does
Crop PDF trims the margins of the pages in a PDF. It is handy for removing the dark edge a scanner leaves, cutting wide white borders before printing, or framing a figure from a page so it reads larger on a phone.
Features
- A draggable crop box on a preview, with handles on every edge and corner, and keyboard control with the arrow keys.
- Exact margins: four number fields for top, right, bottom and left, kept in step with the box.
- All pages or a range, with one set of margins applied to each chosen page.
- Rotation aware: margins follow the page as it is displayed.
- No re-rendering: the pages keep their text and vector quality.
Limits
- Cropping sets the visible area only. The content outside it is still in the file, so this is not redaction.
- At least 5% of each page's width and height must stay.
- One PDF at a time, and encrypted PDFs must be unlocked first.
- The preview shows one page; the same percentages are applied to every chosen page.
Where your file is processed
This tool works in your browser: your PDF is processed on your own device, so it isn't sent to our server for this tool. Some other tools on UtiloNest do use our server, and their pages say so.
Frequently asked questions
Is the cropped area really gone from the file?
No. Cropping sets the visible area of each page, and the parts outside it stay inside the file. A person with a PDF editor can bring them back. Do not use cropping to hide private information.
Why does the same crop work on pages of different sizes?
The margins are percentages of each page as you see it, so a 5% cut from the left trims 5% of every chosen page, whatever its size.
Does it work on pages that are turned sideways?
Yes. Margins follow the page as it is displayed, so top is the top you see, even on a rotated page.
Can I crop only some pages?
Yes. Type ranges such as 2-5, 9 in the Pages field. The preview shows the first page of that range.
Will the text stay searchable?
Yes. Pages are not turned into images, so text stays selectable and searchable.