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Rotate one or many PDFs 90° left, right, or 180°, the whole document, or page by page. Lossless, text stays selectable, all in your browser.

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Why rotate a PDF?

A PDF that opens sideways or upside down is hard to read and looks unfinished when you share it. It usually happens for ordinary reasons: a page was scanned the wrong way round, a phone photo went into the file rotated, or a wide table was saved in portrait when it should be landscape. Rotating fixes the orientation so every page sits the right way up, and the fix is saved into the file rather than being a temporary view setting. Turn the whole document in one go when every page leans the same way, or switch to the page by page view to fix only the pages that are off, leaving the rest alone. Each turn is a clean 90 degree step (left, right, or a full 180), which covers a sideways scan, an upside down page, or a landscape sheet that needs standing up. You can also rotate several PDFs in one session. Rotating only changes how each page is oriented, nothing else: the text stays selectable and the images are not re-compressed or blurred. Because it all happens in your browser, the PDF never leaves your device.

How do I rotate a PDF and save it permanently?

Open your PDF, turn it left, right or 180 degrees (the whole document at once, or page by page in the advanced view), then download. The new orientation is saved into the file, so it opens the right way up everywhere. It all runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

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Frequently asked questions

Does the rotation stay when I reopen the file?
Yes. The new orientation is written into the PDF itself, so it opens the right way up in any viewer, not just on screen here. It is a real change to the file, not a temporary view setting.
Can I rotate just one page and leave the others?
Yes. Use the page by page view to select only the pages that are off and turn those, while every other page keeps its original orientation. Rotate the whole document instead when they all lean the same way.
Can it straighten a scan that is tilted by a few degrees?
No. Rotation works in clean 90 degree steps (left, right, or 180), so it cannot nudge a page by a small angle to correct a slightly crooked scan. It is for pages that are a quarter or half turn out, not a few degrees skewed.
Will rotating lower the quality?
No. It only changes each page's orientation flag, so the text stays selectable and nothing is re-rendered to an image or re-compressed. The file is otherwise untouched.
Can I rotate more than one PDF at a time?
Yes. Add several PDFs and rotate them in the same session, then download them together. Everything is processed locally, so the practical limit is your device's memory.
I also need to reorder or delete pages.
Rotation only changes orientation. To move pages around, drop the ones you don't want, or pull pages together from several files, organize the document instead. Organize a PDF
Can I trim the margins as well?
Rotation only changes orientation. To cut a wide margin or a scanner border off the pages, crop the PDF. Crop a PDF

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