Does cropping permanently delete the cut-off area?

No. The crop box hides it, and the underlying content is still in the file. If you need it gone for privacy, use Redact PDF instead.

Can I crop different pages differently?

Apply one crop to a page range, download, then repeat with another range. Most documents only need one setting for odd and even pages.

Will it work on a two-page spread scan?

Yes — crop the left half, download, then crop the right half and merge the two files to get single pages.

PDF Tools

Crop PDF

Name: Crop PDF
Author: Miikka

Drag a box over the area you want to keep and apply it to one page or all of them. Ideal for trimming scan borders or isolating a table.

By Miikka · CalcBrew · Updated Sep 24, 2026

Runs in your browser — files never leave your device.

Drop PDF file here

or click to browse · paste from clipboard · up to 100 MB

Select file

Options

Auto-trim white margins

Pages

About Crop PDF

Scans often have black edges or oversized margins that waste space on phone screens and e-readers. Cropping to the content makes the text larger without changing the file’s resolution.

Cropping sets the page’s crop box rather than deleting content, so it is reversible in a PDF editor and does not degrade quality.

How to crop PDF

Drop PDF file onto the box above, click it to browse, or paste from the clipboard.
Adjust the options if you need to — the defaults suit most cases.
Press Convert. The work happens on your device, so speed depends on your computer or phone.
Download the result.

About the format

PDF · Portable Document Format · .pdf

The fixed-layout document standard: looks the same on every device and printer, which is why forms, invoices, contracts and reports are shared as PDF.

A PDF can contain vector text, embedded fonts, images, form fields, annotations and digital signatures.
Scanned PDFs are just pictures of pages; they need OCR before the text can be searched or copied.
PDF is an open ISO standard (ISO 32000) since 2008.

Related conversions

Rotate PDFOn-deviceTurn pages the right way up and save the PDF.Redact PDFOn-devicePermanently remove sensitive content from pages.Organize PDFOn-deviceDrag pages into a new order, rotate or delete them.Merge PDFPopularOn-deviceCombine several PDFs into one, in the order you choose.Split PDFPopularOn-deviceCut a PDF into separate pages or page ranges.PDF Page RemoverOn-deviceRemove unwanted pages from a PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Cite this calculator

APACalcBrew. (2026). Crop PDF. https://calcbrew.com/crop-pdf

MLA“Crop PDF.” CalcBrew, 2026, calcbrew.com/crop-pdf.

Link to https://calcbrew.com/crop-pdf. Results are estimates; cite the underlying formula or data source for academic work.