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Crop PDF pages online for free. Draw the area you want to keep, or use Auto Crop to trim white margins, and apply it to every page.
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How to Crop a PDF Document
Need to crop a PDF document? ToolifyPDF is a free online PDF crop tool that lets you trim margins and cut away the edges of your PDF pages right in your browser. Draw a box around the part you want to keep, type exact values, or click Auto Crop to remove white margins automatically. Use the same crop on every page or a different crop on each page. Cropped pages keep their width, and the quality of your PDF doesn't change. No software to install, no account, and no watermark.
Visual Crop Box
See your page and drag the crop box around the content you want to keep. Zoom in for precision, or type exact values for the left, top, right, and bottom edges.
Auto Crop White Margins
Click "Auto Crop" and the tool detects the content on the page and places the crop box around it, so wide white margins are removed in one click.
Every Page, or Each Page
Apply one crop area to every page in one step, or choose "Each page" to crop every page differently. Cropped pages keep their width, so the document stays neat.
How to Crop a PDF
- Select File: Click "Select File" or drag and drop your PDF into the box.
- Choose the Area: Drag the crop box around the part you want to keep, type exact values, or click "Auto Crop" to trim the white margins. Choose "All pages" to use the same crop everywhere, or "Each page" to crop the pages one by one.
- Save: Click "Save" to crop your PDF.
- Download: Click "Download" to get your cropped PDF.
Crop PDF on Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android
ToolifyPDF works in any modern browser. You can crop PDF files on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, or Android without installing software. It works in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.
Why Crop PDF Files with ToolifyPDF?
Unlike desktop software like Adobe Acrobat that requires a paid subscription, ToolifyPDF lets you crop PDF documents online for free from any device. Our crop PDF tool is perfect for:
- Removing wide white margins so pages are easier to read on a phone or e-reader
- Cutting away dark borders and scanner edges from scanned documents
- Hiding crop marks and bleed areas from print-ready PDF files
- Keeping only the important part of a page, such as a chart or a table
- Giving every page of a document the same clean margins
FAQ
How do I crop a PDF document?
Upload your PDF to ToolifyPDF, drag the crop box around the area you want to keep (or click "Auto Crop"), and click "Save". Then download your cropped PDF. It works in any browser, with nothing to install.
Can I crop a PDF for free?
Yes. You can crop PDF files online for free, with no account and no watermark. Your PDF can be up to 200 MB.
How do I remove the white margins from a PDF?
Click "Auto Crop". The tool looks for the content on the page and places the crop box around it, with a small border. Check the box, adjust it if needed, and click "Save" to trim the margins on every page.
Can I crop each page differently?
Yes. Choose "Each page": every page then has its own crop area. Go through the pages and adjust the box on each one. "No crop" leaves the page on screen as it is, and "Use on all pages" copies the crop on screen to every page.
Does cropping delete the content outside the crop area?
No. Cropping hides the area outside the crop box, but that content is still inside the PDF file, so the file size stays about the same. If you need to permanently remove sensitive information, use Redact PDF instead.
Will my cropped pages look smaller?
No. A cropped page keeps the width it had: the area you keep is enlarged to fill it, so text and images look bigger and all pages stay the same width as before. Links, comments, and form fields move with the page and keep working.
Does cropping a PDF reduce its quality?
No. Text, images, and vector graphics are not converted or compressed, so the visible part of each page looks exactly as before. Text stays selectable and searchable.
How do I crop an image inside a PDF?
This tool crops whole pages. To crop just a picture, either draw the crop box tightly around it so the page shows only the image, or take the pictures out with Extract Images from PDF and crop them with Crop Image.
How do I remove crop marks from a PDF?
Crop marks sit outside the area of the printed page. Draw the crop box just inside the crop marks and click "Save" to hide them on every page. Don't use Auto Crop for this, because it counts the crop marks as content.
How do I crop a PDF on a Mac?
Open ToolifyPDF in Safari, Chrome, or any browser on your Mac or MacBook, upload your PDF, choose the crop area, and click "Save". You don't need Adobe Acrobat or any other app.
What is the difference between cropping and resizing a PDF?
Cropping cuts away the edges of each page and keeps only the area you choose. Resizing changes the paper size of the pages, for example to A4 or Letter, and fits the content to the new size. To change the paper size, use Resize PDF.
Advanced Features
Beyond basic cropping, our PDF crop tool offers several useful features:
- Auto Crop: Detects the content on the page and trims the white margins around it.
- Exact Values: Type precise values for the left, top, width, height, right, and bottom of the crop area.
- Zoom and Focus Mode: Zoom in, fit the page to the screen, or switch to focus mode for precise cropping.
- Page Preview: Move through the pages to check that the crop area fits the whole document.
- All Pages or Each Page: Use one crop for the whole document, or a different crop for each page.
- Same Page Width: Cropped pages keep their width; the area you keep is enlarged to fill the page.
- No Quality Loss: Text stays selectable and images are not recompressed.
💡 Pro Tip
Before you save, look through a few pages of your document. With "All pages", the crop area is the same on every page, so leave a little extra space if some pages have text closer to the edge than others, or switch to "Each page" to adjust them one by one.
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