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How to Rotate PDF Pages Online Free

Fix pages that are sideways or upside down. Select the pages in Organize Pages, rotate them a quarter turn at a time, and export the corrected file.

Step by step

1.Open the PDF

Click Open file in the toolbar, or drop the PDF onto the page. Scroll through the document to find the pages that need turning.

The empty editor, with an arrow to the Open file button in the toolbar and a Browse Files button in the middle.

2.Open Organize Pages

Open the Pages menu and click Organize Pages. The pages appear as thumbnails, so you can see every page at once.

The Pages menu open, with Organize Pages outlined in red.

3.Select the pages

Click a page to select it, and click another page to add it. To select a run of pages, click the first and then hold Shift and click the last. The selected pages are counted at the top of the window.

Organize Pages with two pages selected, and arrows pointing at them.

4.Rotate them

Click the Rotate selected pages 90 degrees button, the circular arrow in the row above the thumbnails. Each click turns the selected pages a quarter turn clockwise. Click again for 180 degrees, and again for 270. The keyboard shortcut is R.

The Organize Pages window with the selected pages rotated, and an arrow pointing at the rotate button.

5.Apply the change

Click Apply at the bottom of the Organize Pages window. The pages keep their new orientation in the document.

The Organize Pages window with the Apply button outlined in red.

6.Export the corrected PDF

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

The corrected pages in the viewer, with an arrow pointing at the Export button in the toolbar.

Tips

  • Rotate the pages in one go when they share the same problem, so one click fixes them all.
  • Check the first rotated page in the main viewer before you export the whole document.

Try it on your own file

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

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