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Trim white margins and crop the visible area of PDF pages. Set exact margins in mm, points, inches or percent — lossless, fast and secure.
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Crop your PDF pages to remove unwanted white margins, scanned borders or excess space. Enter the exact amount to trim from the top, bottom, left and right in millimeters, points, inches or percent, and apply it to every page or just a chosen range.
Cropping is fully lossless: the visible area is adjusted without re-rendering or re-compressing your content, so text stays sharp and quality is identical to the original.
How to crop a PDF
- Upload the PDF you want to crop.
- Enter the margins to trim and pick the unit.
- Click Crop PDF and download the trimmed file.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Crop PDF
Confileo's Crop PDF tool trims the visible page area of a PDF to remove scanner borders and wide margins. Everything runs in your browser, free and without signup, and your files are deleted automatically after processing.
Cropping a PDF trims the visible page area — cutting away scanner borders, wide margins, headers left over from another document, or the black edge that appears when a page was photographed rather than scanned. The content you keep stays exactly as it was; the page simply gets smaller edges.
You set the crop area and apply it to one page or to every page at once, then download the result. Nothing is installed and the original file on your device is untouched, so you can try a tighter crop and start over if you cut too close.
The reason cropping matters is usually reading, not aesthetics. A page with 4 cm of white on both sides forces a phone to shrink the text to fit, so a document that reads fine on a laptop becomes unusable on a commute. Trimming the margins lets the same text render far larger on a small screen, which is the single cheapest readability improvement you can make to a scanned book or article.
One thing worth understanding: cropping hides content rather than deleting it. PDF stores a full page and a visible window onto it, and cropping moves that window. The trimmed area is no longer displayed or printed, but it is still inside the file and can be restored by anyone who resets the crop box. If your goal is to remove sensitive information rather than tidy the layout, crop is the wrong tool — use PDF redaction, which deletes the content itself.
Because the cropped-away area is retained, cropping alone will not shrink your file. If you need a smaller download, run the cropped document through Compress PDF afterwards.
Your file is processed and then deleted from the server, and the original stays as it is on your device.
Quick facts
- Price
- Free to start — 3 credits per file (50 credits as a guest, 600 a month with a free account)
- Signup
- Not required
- Max file size
- Up to 100 MB per file
- Your files
- Deleted automatically after processing
- Works on
- Any browser — desktop, tablet, mobile
- Watermark
- None on your output
How to use Crop PDF
- Upload your PDF.
- Set the crop area and choose one page or all pages.
- Download the cropped PDF.
Why use Confileo
- ✓Free to start — 50 credits with no account, 600 a month with a free one; no watermarks and no credit card.
- ✓No signup or account required — start using it instantly.
- ✓Your files are processed securely and deleted automatically for full privacy.
- ✓Works in any browser on desktop, tablet and mobile — nothing to install.
- ✓Fast processing built to handle real, everyday document workloads.
Crop PDF — Frequently asked questions
Does cropping make the file smaller?
No. The trimmed area is retained inside the file, so run Compress PDF afterwards if you need a smaller download.
Does cropping delete the content I cut off?
No. It hides it from view and print. To remove sensitive information permanently, use PDF redaction instead.
Can I crop every page at once?
Yes. Apply one crop area to a single page or to the whole document.
Why crop a PDF at all?
Mainly readability. Trimming wide margins lets the text render much larger on a phone, which is the cheapest fix for a scanned book or article.
Is the original file changed?
No. You download a new cropped copy and the original stays as it is on your device.
Can I undo a crop?
Not in the downloaded file, so keep your original. Cropping again from the original is the reliable way to adjust it.
How do I crop the margins of a PDF?
Upload the file, drag the crop frame to the area you want to keep, and download the trimmed PDF. Every page can be cropped to the same region in one pass.
Why would I crop a PDF instead of resizing it?
Cropping removes unwanted edges — wide scanner margins, a header strip, a watermark band at the foot of the page. Resizing would shrink the whole page including its content, so the clutter would simply come along at a smaller size.
Does cropping delete the text outside the visible area?
Cropping changes the visible page boundary, so hidden content may still exist in the file even though it does not display or print. To remove sensitive information permanently, use the PDF Redaction tool instead.
Can I crop only some pages?
The crop applies across the document, which is what you want for a scan with consistent margins. For a file where pages differ, split out the pages that need a different crop, treat them separately, then merge everything back.
Will cropping reduce the file size?
Only slightly. The page area shrinks but the underlying content is largely unchanged, so run the result through Compress PDF if size is the real goal.
Is the text still selectable after cropping?
Yes. Cropping adjusts the page boundary without converting anything to an image, so text stays selectable and searchable.
Is this tool really free?
Yes. You get 50 credits without an account and 600 credits a month with a free account; most tools use 3 credits per file and advanced ones 12. No watermark, no credit card. Pro raises that to 200,000 credits a month.
Do I need to create an account?
No. You can use the tool straight away without signing up or logging in.
Are my files safe and private?
Yes. Your files are processed for the task you requested and then deleted automatically — they are never shared or kept.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. The tool runs in any modern browser, so it works the same on desktop, tablet and mobile with nothing to install.