Turn individual pages or the whole document and save the rotation permanently.
Quick answer
To rotate a PDF, open PDFella's Rotate PDF tool, upload the file, then use the rotate buttons on each page thumbnail or rotate all pages at once. Click Apply rotation and download. The new orientation is saved in the file, so it opens correctly everywhere.
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 opens in your browser straight away. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
Hover over a thumbnail and click the left or right arrow to rotate that page. To rotate everything, use All left or All right. Select several pages first to rotate just those.
The rotation is written into the PDF so it stays turned in every reader and when printed.
Rename the file if you like and click Download. You can also open the result in the editor to keep working on it.
Why PDFella
Rotate one page, a selection, or all pages.
Unlike a viewer's rotate button, the orientation is stored in the file.
Your files never leave your device, which keeps confidential documents private and makes processing fast.
No sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit for browser-based tools.
Scanners and phone cameras often save pages with the wrong orientation. Viewing apps can rotate the view, but that change usually isn't saved. Rotating with this tool updates each page's rotation inside the PDF, so it's fixed for everyone who opens it.
Anyone scanning
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Engineers
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Students
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Rotate pages in Rotate PDF, click Apply rotation, then download. The rotation is saved in the file.
Yes. Use the rotate arrows on that page's thumbnail.
No. Rotation happens in your browser.
No. Only the page orientation changes.
Yes, with no account.
Yes. Select pages in the editor's page sidebar and use the rotate buttons.