Crop PDF

Trim white margins, scanner edges and extra space off your PDF pages.

Crop all pages at once
No watermark on downloads

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Precision Cropping Control

Draw your crop area on a full-page preview, then apply it to every page.

Crop on Any Device

Works in any browser on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android. No install.

Crop Receipts for Expenses

Trim scanned receipts down to just the receipt before you file expenses.

Crop Your PDF in Three Steps

Crop a PDF online in three steps, no software to install, no account needed.

Upload your PDF

Drag and drop or select your document up to 600MB on the free plan and 5GB on paid.

Adjust your crop area

Draw a box to select the exact area you want to keep. Choose to crop just that single page, or all pages at once.

Download the Result

Your cropped PDF is ready to download and auto-deleted after 15 min.

Trim the Margins and Focus Your Content.

Huge white borders and uneven page sizes ruin the reading experience. Here is how cropping makes your files sleek and professional.

Remove White Margins

Trim massive, unnecessary white borders from academic papers or e-books to make the core text larger and much easier to read.

Standardize Page Sizes

Fix messy documents where every page is a different size. Apply one universal crop box to give the pages a consistent visible area.

Optimize for Mobile

Crop out heavy headers, footers, and sidebars from standard A4 documents to reduce empty space around the content on smaller screens.

Prepare for Printing

Crop away bleed marks, registration lines, and color bars from designer proofs to create a clean version for standard office printing.

Isolate Page Elements

Draw a tight crop box around a specific chart, map, or illustration on a page to focus the page on the content you want to share.

Clean Up Scanned Books

Remove the dark edges, shadows, and spiral binding marks from digitized books. Apply the crop to all pages to clean the entire book.

How PDF cropping works

FynePDF renders your document at full size so you can draw a crop box exactly where you want it. Apply it to the page you're viewing, or to every page at once which is usually what you want, since margins tend to be uniform across a document that came from one source.

Draw once, apply everywhere

Draw the crop box on the page you're viewing, then apply it to that page alone or to every page in the file at once.

The trimmed area

Everything outside the box is removed from the downloaded file, not just hidden. Keep your original if you need it.

Nothing is re-compressed

Cropping doesn't re-render your pages. Text stays selectable and searchable, and images keep their original resolution.

After cropping your PDF

Compress PDF

Shrink the cropped file before sending.

Redact PDFAI

Permanently remove sensitive content, not just hide it.

Rotate PDF

Fix orientation before setting your crop box.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I crop specific margins or select a custom crop area?

Draw a crop box directly on a full-page preview of your document, then choose whether to apply it to that page alone or to every page at once. The preview shows exactly what you'll keep before you apply it, so you can adjust the box until the framing is right.

Will cropping remove content permanently or just hide it?

Cropping permanently removes everything outside your crop box, and it isn't recoverable from the downloaded file. Keep a copy of the original if you might need the full page later. Because the content is genuinely removed, cropped files are usually smaller than the original.

Is the Crop tool free to use online?

Yes, FynePDF's Crop PDF tool is free with no sign-up required. Free accounts crop files up to 600MB, with 10 tasks and 600MB of processing a day. Professional at $7/month raises this to 5GB with unlimited daily tasks.

Is it safe to use Crop on FynePDF? Are my files secure?

File transfers use TLS encryption. Cloud-processed files are automatically deleted within 15 minutes after processing completes, unless you choose to save them to your Library. Documents are not used to train AI models. Read the Privacy Policy for storage and processing details.

Can I use the Crop tool on Mac, Windows, or mobile?

Yes. FynePDF's PDF cropper works directly from your browser, so it works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android with no installation. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge are all supported.

How do I remove white margins from a PDF?

Upload your PDF, draw a crop box tight around the text area on any page, and apply it to all pages. Academic papers and e-books usually have uniform margins, so one crop box normally works for the whole document which makes the text noticeably larger on tablets and e-readers.

What's the difference between cropping and resizing a PDF?

Cropping trims away part of each page, making the visible area smaller while the remaining content stays the same size. Resizing scales the whole page to a different paper size like A4 or Letter, keeping all the content but changing its dimensions. FynePDF's Crop PDF tool crops; it doesn't rescale pages to standard sizes.

Can I undo a crop after downloading?

Not from the downloaded file, keep your original if you might need the full pages later. Nothing is changed on your own device, so you can always re-upload the original and crop differently.

Does cropping reduce the PDF file size?

It depends on what you crop away. Cutting off images or graphics can make the file noticeably smaller, while trimming blank margins changes the size very little. To shrink the file further, run it through Compress PDF afterwards.