How to Crop / Trim PDF Pages Online Free

Remove wide margins, scanner borders or empty edges from a page. Set the amounts as percentages or drag the handles, and choose which pages the trim applies to.

Step by step

1.Open the PDF

Click Open file in the toolbar, or drop the PDF onto the page. Go to the page you want to trim first.

The PDF editor with a sample report open.

2.Open Crop / Trim Pages

Open the Tools menu and click Crop / Trim Pages.

The Tools menu open, with Crop / Trim Pages outlined in red.

3.Set the margins

In the Crop panel, type a percentage for Top, Right, Bottom and Left. You can also drag the handles on the page. The dashed outline shows the area that will be kept.

The Crop panel with a 5 percent top margin typed in, outlined in red. The dashed outline on the page shows the area kept.

4.Choose the pages

Under Apply To, choose Current Page, All Pages (the number of pages in the document is shown) or Page Range. For a range, type the pages, such as 1-3, 5.

The Apply To options, with All Pages outlined in red.

5.Apply the crop

Click Apply Crop. The pages are trimmed to the area inside the dashed outline.

The Crop panel with the Apply Crop button outlined in red.

6.Export the result

Check the trimmed pages, then click Export in the toolbar to save the file.

The trimmed page, with the Export button in the toolbar outlined in red.

Try it on your own file

Everything in this guide happens in your browser tab. Your file stays on your device.

Open the PDF editor