Crop PDF
Draw a crop region with your mouse and watch the dimensions update live, or type precise values to crop to the millimetre. Apply to one page or the whole document — everything runs in your browser.
Drag & drop your files
or click to choose from your device
One PDF. Drag a box on the page to crop.
Cropping trims the visible area of a PDF — shave off scanner borders, kill wide margins, or zoom in on the part of each page that matters. Drag a box right on the page preview, or type exact dimensions when you need to be precise.
How to crop pdf
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Add your PDF
Drop in the document you want to crop. The first page renders as a live preview in your browser.
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Draw or type the crop area
Drag a rectangle over the page with your mouse — the X, Y, width, and height fields update as you go. Or type values into those fields and the box on the page moves to match.
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Choose the scope
Apply the crop to just the page you're previewing, or to every page in the document at once.
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Crop and download
The tool sets each page's crop box to your selection and hands you the trimmed PDF.
Everything runs in your browser. Your file is never uploaded — there’s no server to send it to, no sign-up, and nothing to delete afterward.
Frequently asked questions
- Does cropping delete the content outside the box?
- Cropping sets the page's crop box, which hides everything outside your selection from view and print. The underlying objects remain in the file, so it's a non-destructive trim rather than a permanent erase.
- Can I crop with exact measurements instead of by eye?
- Yes. The X, Y, width, and height fields accept precise point values, so you can crop every page to the same exact region. Dragging the box updates those fields live, and editing the fields moves the box.
- Can I crop only one page?
- Yes. Switch the scope to “this page only” to crop just the page you're previewing, or choose “all pages” to apply the same crop across the whole document.
- What unit are the dimensions in?
- You can switch the fields between points, inches, and millimetres. Points (1/72 inch) are the PDF's native unit — 72 points is one inch and a standard US Letter page is 612 × 792 points. The origin is the top-left corner of the page.
- How do I crop to an exact label size like 4 × 5 inches?
- Click a label preset (or switch the unit to inches and type the width and height), then turn on “Lock crop size.” The crop box keeps that exact size while you drag it over your artwork, so the output page is precisely 4 × 5 inches. Print it at “Actual size” with margins set to None onto your 4 × 5 sticker paper and it lands edge to edge.
- My crop looks right on screen but prints small with blank margins — why?
- This tool resizes the page's actual MediaBox to your crop, not just the on-screen view, so the cropped region becomes the real page size that printers use. If it still prints small, the print dialog is scaling it: set the scale to “Actual size” or 100% (not “Fit to page”) and set margins to None. To make it fill your paper instead, choose “Fit to page” with margins set to None.
- Is my file uploaded to crop it?
- No. The preview is rendered and the crop applied entirely in your browser; the PDF never leaves your device.