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Crop PDF Pages

Trim white borders or unwanted margins from PDF pages by adjusting the crop box. Ideal for removing excessive whitespace from scanned documents or reducing page margins for printing.

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How to Use Crop PDF Pages
  1. 1Upload the PDF with unwanted margins or whitespace
  2. 2Set the crop amounts for each side: top, bottom, left, right
  3. 3Choose whether to apply the crop to all pages or specific pages
  4. 4Preview the cropped result before saving
  5. 5Click 'Crop PDF' and download the trimmed document
Examples
  • Remove large white margins from a scanned government form to reduce file size
  • Crop out a printed header from scanned letterhead before republishing
  • Trim excess whitespace from presentation slides converted to PDF
  • Crop a PDF to remove punch-hole margins before digital filing
Frequently Asked Questions

It adjusts the CropBox of the PDF, which controls the visible area within each page. Content outside the crop box is hidden but not permanently deleted — it can be recovered by widening the crop box again.

Yes. Set individual margins for top, bottom, left, and right. For example, crop 20mm from the left only to remove a scanner binding shadow.

No. The underlying content is unchanged. Cropping only adjusts which portion of the page is visible. Text and images in the cropped area are hidden, not removed.

Both options are available. Apply the same crop to all pages at once, or specify different crop values per page.

PDFs often come from external sources you cannot edit. Cropping is a non-destructive way to improve the appearance of received documents without access to the original source.

Yes. All processing is done in your browser. Your PDF is never uploaded to any server.

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