Crop PDF
Trim margins or cut pages to size. · Runs on this computer
Trim margins or cut pages down to size by dragging a box, right in your browser.
Cropping hides content outside the box but doesn't delete it from the file. Use Redact PDF for anything sensitive.
Quick answer
To crop a PDF, open PDFella's Crop PDF tool, upload the file and drag the box on the page preview to the area you want to keep. Choose all pages or just this page, click Crop PDF and download the result.
Updated 5 October 2026 by the PDFella team
Key facts
Step by step
Drag your PDF onto the upload area or click Choose file. It's opened in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
Move the edges of the box to the area you want to keep, or type exact margins.
Apply the crop to all pages or only the page you're looking at, then click Crop PDF.
Rename the file if you like and click Download, or open it in the editor to keep working.
Why PDFella
See exactly what you'll keep before you save.
Trim a whole document or fix a single page.
Your PDF never leaves your device.
No sign-up, no watermark.
Cropping changes the visible area of the page. Whatever falls outside the box is hidden, but it stays in the file and could be recovered. If you need to permanently remove sensitive information, use Redact PDF instead.
Students
Trim wide margins so slides and papers read better on a tablet.
Designers
Remove printer marks from a proof.
Anyone
Cut a scanned page down to just the document.
Upload it to Crop PDF, drag the box to the area you want to keep and click Crop PDF.
Yes. Go to that page in the preview and choose This page only.
No. It's hidden but stays in the file. Use Redact PDF to remove sensitive content permanently.
No. Cropping runs in your browser.
Usually not, because the hidden content stays in the file. Use Compress PDF to make it smaller.
Yes, with no account and no watermark.