Rotate PDF

Turn a sideways scan the right way up and keep it that way. Most PDF readers let you rotate the view and forget it the moment you close them — this writes the rotation into the file, so it opens correctly for whoever you send it to.

    • Where it runs

      A PDF is read in the browser. Nothing is uploaded.

    • No queue, no account

      It starts the moment you drop the file, and it never asks who you are.

    • No watermark

      What comes out is the file you made, with nothing added to it.

    How it works

    1. Drop the PDF onto the box above, or press it to choose one.
    2. Choose how far to turn: a quarter turn either way, or upside down.
    3. Leave the range box empty to turn every page, or name only the ones that came out wrong.
    4. Press Rotate and download the result.

    Rotating the view is not rotating the file

    Every PDF reader offers a rotate button, and in most of them it changes only what you are looking at. Close the file and the rotation is gone; send it to somebody else and they get it sideways exactly as before. That is why people end up searching for this.

    The rotation here is written into the document, so the page is stored as turned. Anyone opening it afterwards — in any reader, on any device — sees it the right way up.

    Only the pages that need it

    A document feeder that took a few sheets the wrong way round produces a file where most pages are fine and a handful are not. Turning the whole document would fix those and break the rest.

    So the range box applies here too: name 3, 7, 11 and only those pages turn. And the rotation is added to whatever a page already had rather than replacing it, so a page that was already a quarter turn out and gets another quarter turn ends up upside down — which is what you asked for, and not what a tool that simply sets the angle would have done.

    Rotate PDF: common questions

    Will the rotation stick when I send the file to someone?

    Yes. It is written into the document rather than applied to the view, so it opens turned for everyone. The rotate button in most PDF readers only changes what you see and forgets it when the file is closed, which is usually why people come looking for this.

    Can I rotate only some pages?

    Yes — name them in the range box. Leaving it empty turns every page. A scanner feeder that pulled a few sheets the wrong way round is exactly the case this is for.

    Is my file uploaded?

    No. The rotation is written in your browser and the document never leaves your device.

    Does rotating lose any quality?

    None. Rotation is a property of the page rather than a transformation of its contents — nothing is re-rendered, and the text and images are untouched.

    What happens to a page that was already rotated?

    The turn is added to what was already there, so a page a quarter turn out that gets another quarter turn ends up upside down. That is usually what people mean, and it differs from tools that set the angle outright and appear to do nothing.

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