Crop PDF Online — No Upload
Trim margins or cut unwanted whitespace from your PDF pages. Files are processed locally in your browser and are not uploaded to a server.
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No account needed — crop as many PDFs as you like, at no cost.
How to crop a PDF in 3 steps
The whole process runs in your browser — there's no software to install and nothing to upload.
1. Select your PDF
Click "Select PDF File" or drag and drop your document into the tool.
2. Draw the crop area
Drag the crop box to the region you want to keep. Apply it to one page or every page at once.
3. Download your cropped PDF
Click crop and download the result. Nothing is sent to a server at any point.
Why people crop PDFs
Cropping a PDF means changing the visible page area without touching the content inside it — nothing is deleted, just trimmed from view. People reach for it for a handful of recurring reasons.
Common examples: removing wide white margins from a scanned document, cutting off a printer's registration marks or crop guides, trimming a slide export down to just the content area, or isolating one section of a page — like a single figure or table — into its own clean view.
It's also a quick fix when a PDF was scanned slightly off-center and needs its edges squared up before printing or sharing.
What to expect
Cropping changes the view, not the content
The crop tool adjusts the visible page boundary. The underlying text and images aren't deleted or redrawn — they're just clipped to the area you select. This keeps text searchable and selectable in the cropped result.
One page or all pages
You can apply the same crop box to every page in the document, or crop pages individually if your PDF has mixed page sizes or layouts.
Resolution is preserved
Cropping doesn't resample or recompress images, so there's no quality loss. If you also need a smaller file size, run the result through Compress PDF afterward.
No file size limits
There's no cap on how large your PDF can be or how many pages it has. The practical limit is your device's available memory.
Your files stay on your device
Most online PDF croppers upload your document to a remote server, process it there, and return the result. That means your file — whatever's in it — passes through someone else's infrastructure.
itsmypdf works differently. The crop runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your file is read locally, processed locally, and the output is saved locally. The tool does not upload your file to a server. You could turn off your internet connection after the page loads and the tool would still work.
This matters if you're cropping anything sensitive: contracts, financial statements, legal documents, or medical records. The browser-based model isn't a marketing claim — it's the technical architecture.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. There's no subscription, no account, and no hidden fee. You can crop as many PDFs as you need, as often as you need, at no cost.
No. Everything runs in your browser. Your file is never transmitted to any server, stored remotely, or accessible to anyone other than you.
No. Cropping changes the visible page boundary; it doesn't delete or redraw the underlying content. Text outside the crop area is simply hidden from view, not removed from the file's data.
Yes. You can apply one crop box to the whole document or set a different crop area per page, which is useful when your PDF mixes page sizes or orientations.
No. Cropping only changes the visible page boundary — it doesn't resample or recompress images, so resolution is preserved exactly.
No limit is imposed by the tool. Very large files, such as several hundred megabytes, may be slower depending on your device, but there's no hard cap.
Yes. The tool runs in any modern browser on iOS and Android. Tap the upload area to select a file from your device.
Related tools
Useful when you want to trim, split, compress, or otherwise tidy up a PDF before sharing it.
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