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Crop PDF
Most PDF sites upload your file to their servers to crop pages there. RahaKit crops your PDF entirely inside your browser, so the document never leaves your computer and nothing is uploaded to us. Trim page edges visually or enter exact margins, then save a new PDF on your own device.
The password is used only on your device to open the file. It is never stored and never sent anywhere.
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How to crop a PDF
- Drop your PDF into the box, or click to browse and select it from your device.
- If your PDF is password-protected, enter its password. The pages appear once the file opens on your device.
- Click a page thumbnail to open it large. For a very long file, the preview shows the first 60 pages, and you can still pick any page by typing its number.
- Drag a rectangle over the part of the page you want to keep, or type the four trim amounts (top, bottom, left, right) instead.
- Choose whether to apply the crop to this page only or to every page at once. The same crop on every page is the quickest way to trim wide margins, borders or scanner edges.
- Click Crop PDF to save the crop into a new PDF.
- Download the cropped file, then open it in a viewer to confirm each page shows only the area you kept.
Why this tool is different
Most PDF sites upload your file to their servers to crop pages there, which means a copy of your document sits on someone else's computer. This tool works the opposite way: the crop is written into a new file entirely inside your browser, using your own device's processing power. Your file is never uploaded, never stored, and never seen by anyone but you — and your original stays on your disk exactly as it was. You can check this yourself: open your browser's Network tab while you crop a file and you will see no upload of your document.
Good to know before you crop
Cropping sets the page's crop box
A PDF page carries a crop box: the boundary readers and printers use to decide what to show. Cropping moves that boundary, so the trimmed area disappears from view and from print — while the page underneath keeps its full content.
Your original file never changes
Cropping creates a brand-new PDF with the crop applied. The file on your disk is never modified, so you can always go back and crop differently. The new file keeps every page of your document — cropping trims pages in place; it never pulls them out. For a file that contains only the pages you pick, use Extract PDF Pages.
Nothing is turned into a picture
The cropped pages are not screenshots. Text stays selectable, links and vector drawings stay sharp, and the file stays a real PDF — only the visible area of each page changes.
Examples
| Document | You crop | You get |
|---|---|---|
| Scanned contract with wide white margins | Every page, the same trim on all four sides | Pages that fit the text and print cleanly |
| Report where one page has a coffee stain at the edge | That page only, dragged past the stain | Only that page trimmed — the rest untouched |
| Poster PDF with printer's marks around the art | Every page, one crop drawn on the first | Marks gone from view and from print |
Three mistakes people make when cropping PDFs
Using crop to hide a secret
A crop box hides the trimmed area from view and print, but the hidden content can still be inside the file. Never rely on cropping to remove a name, a number or anything confidential — that needs a tool that truly deletes the content.
Cropping every page for one bad page
If only one page has the stain or the wide margin, crop just that page. Applying the same crop everywhere trims pages that were already fine.
Closing the tab before downloading
Because nothing is uploaded or kept on a server, your cropped file exists only in the tab until you download it. Closing the tab first means running the crop again — your original file is never changed either way.
Frequently asked questions
Where does my file go?
It stays on your computer. Your PDF is read into your browser's memory and the cropped file is built there — nothing is uploaded to us, and nothing is stored after the tab closes. Unlike most PDF sites that receive your file on their servers, here the document never leaves your device.
Can I crop a password-protected PDF?
Yes, if you know its password. The tool asks for it before opening the document, and the pages appear after the PDF opens. Your password is used only in your browser's memory, never stored, and never sent to RahaKit.
Can I crop just one page or all pages?
Both. Open a page large, draw the crop (or type the trim amounts), and apply it to that page only, or to every page in one go. Applying one crop to every page is the common choice for trimming the same margins or scanner edges off a whole document. Either way, the result is the whole document with those pages trimmed; the other pages stay in the file at full size. If you want a new file that contains only the pages you picked, that is what Extract PDF Pages does.
Does cropping delete the trimmed part of the page?
No, not in the sense of erasing it. Cropping sets each page's crop box, the standard PDF boundary that tells readers and printers what to show, so the trimmed area is hidden from view and from printing. The hidden content may still be inside the file, so do not use cropping to remove sensitive information. Your original file on your device is never changed.
Does cropping turn pages into images?
No. Nothing is rasterized. The result is still a real PDF, so text stays selectable, vector content stays sharp and the pages keep their original quality. Only the visible area of each page changes.
Is this tool really free and unlimited?
Yes. It is completely free and unlimited: no account, no daily limits, no watermarks and no page-count cap from us. Your files are processed on your own device, so the only practical limit is your device's memory.
Privacy and important information
This tool runs entirely in your browser: your PDF, its name and its contents are never sent to a server, stored, or shared, and no file information is passed to analytics. Cropping changes only the visible area saved for each page — it does not edit, convert or recognize text inside the pages, and it does not securely erase the parts it hides.