Page Tools

Crop a PDF

Automatically trim the white margins around the content of every page, right in your browser. Nothing is uploaded — the crop runs on your device.

Drop a file here
or click to choose · stays on your device

100% private — files are converted in your browser and never uploaded.

How it works

Crop a PDF in 3 steps

1

Choose your PDF

Drop a PDF — it loads locally, with no upload.

2

Auto-crop margins

Each page is trimmed to its content, with a little breathing room.

3

Download

Save the cropped PDF.

Automatic margin detection

Crop PDF finds the content on each page by rendering it and looking for anything that is not white (any pixel darker than a light threshold), then sets the page's crop box to that area plus a 4-point margin. Scanned documents with wide grey borders, slides with dead space and pages with excessive margins tighten up without any manual dragging.

Blank pages are left at full size, and a crop that would leave almost nothing is skipped, so a page is never reduced to a sliver by a stray dot.

Cropping is reversible

The crop is applied as a crop box, which tells viewers and printers which region to show. The underlying page content is not deleted, so a PDF tool that resets the crop box restores the full page. That also means cropping is not a way to remove sensitive content — use the editor to actually delete or cover it.

FAQ

Common questions

How does the crop work?

It detects the content area on each page and trims the surrounding white margins automatically. Blank pages are left untouched.

Is my text still selectable?

Yes. Cropping only changes the visible page area — your text and content stay intact and selectable.

Are my files uploaded?

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript — your file never leaves your device, so it's safe even for sensitive documents.

Is it free?

Yes — completely free, no signup, no watermark, and no daily limits.

Can I crop to a specific size or draw the crop area?

Not with this tool; it is automatic, based on where the content is. For a precise crop, use a desktop editor.

Will it crop a page with a coloured background?

A page that is fully coloured has content everywhere, so nothing is trimmed. The tool crops white space only.