Crop PDF

Crop PDF pages by setting custom margins on each side.

Crop PDF pages to remove unwanted margins, trim excess white space, or resize the visible area. Whether you need to eliminate wide borders from scanned pages, trim speaker notes from presentation slides, or remove scanner bed artifacts from digitized documents, our crop tool lets you set precise margins for every page uniformly.

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About This Tool

Crop PDF pages to remove unwanted margins, trim excess white space, or resize the visible area. Whether you need to eliminate wide borders from scanned pages, trim speaker notes from presentation slides, or remove scanner bed artifacts from digitized documents, our crop tool lets you set precise margins for every page uniformly.

How to Use

  1. 1Upload your PDF file by clicking the upload area or dragging and dropping it.
  2. 2Enter margin values for top, bottom, left, and right edges in points (1 inch = 72 points).
  3. 3Positive values trim inward from each edge.
  4. 4Click "Crop PDF" to apply the margins to every page.
  5. 5Wait for processing. Cropping modifies page bounding boxes without re-encoding content.
  6. 6Download your cropped PDF and verify important content is fully visible.

Common Use Cases

Remove Scanner Borders

Trim black borders and white margins that appear around scanned pages.

Trim Presentation Slides

Remove speaker notes and slide numbers from around presentation handouts.

Resize for Publishing

Crop PDFs to exact dimensions for self-publishing platforms.

Remove Unwanted Edge Content

Eliminate sidebars, page numbers, or headers from repurposed pages.

Key Benefits

Precise Margin Control

Set exact crop margins for top, bottom, left, and right independently.

Fast Processing

Cropping modifies page boundaries without re-encoding content.

Permanent Results

Crop margins are permanently removed from the output PDF.

Pro Tips

  • Tip 1Crop values are in points. 1 inch = 72 points, 1 cm ≈ 28.35 points.
  • Tip 2Start with conservative values (0.5 inch = 36 points) and check the output before finalizing.
  • Tip 3Cropping is permanent and the removed margin area cannot be recovered.
  • Tip 4Test with a single-page PDF first to verify your margin values.

Frequently Asked Questions

Points (1 point = 1/72 inch). 1 inch = 72 points, 1 cm ≈ 28.35 points.

Supported Formats

PDF (.pdf)