Crop PDF Online — Free PDF Cropping Tool

Trim margins

PDF files often have excessive margins, headers, or footers that waste space when printing or viewing. Our free cropping tool lets you trim the visible area of each page by adjusting the crop box — all within your browser.

This is especially useful for research papers with wide margins, scanned documents with uneven borders, or any PDF where you want to focus on the actual content area. No upload, no installation, and instant results.

How to Crop PDF

  1. Upload the PDF file you want to crop.
  2. Adjust the crop area by setting margins or dragging the crop box.
  3. Preview the cropped result.
  4. Click Crop and download the trimmed PDF.

Why Use Our Crop PDF Tool

Cropping PDFs should not require a full editing suite. This free, browser-based tool handles margin trimming instantly on any device. Your files are processed locally, ensuring total privacy with no uploads or server-side storage.

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Your Privacy Matters

Cropping is performed entirely in your browser. No file data is sent to any server. Nothing is logged, stored, or shared. Your document stays private on your device the entire time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does cropping reduce the file size?
Cropping changes the visible area of pages but does not necessarily remove the underlying data, so file size may not change significantly. Use the Compress tool for size reduction.
Can I crop different pages to different sizes?
The tool applies the same crop dimensions to all pages. For per-page adjustments, you can extract individual pages and crop them separately.
Is the original content preserved after cropping?
Yes. Cropping adjusts the crop box metadata. The original page content still exists in the file, meaning some PDF viewers can restore the full page if needed.

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