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Rotate a PDF

No files yet. Drop them above. They stay on your computer.

Phone scans and ADF feeders love to deliver a PDF on its side. This rotate PDF tool applies 90°, 180°, or 270° clockwise to every page, or only the ones you tick. Rotation is a page property written with pdf-lib in the browser. The pixels are not re-encoded unless you later flatten elsewhere.

Pick odd or even when a duplex scan flipped every other sheet. Uncheck “all pages” to rotate a single landscape table in an otherwise portrait file. Nothing is uploaded. You download a new PDF; the file you dropped stays put. If pages look wrong after a turn, try 270° instead of 90°. The stored rotation may already have been 90° from the scanner.

They stay on your computer. Nothing is uploaded.

How to rotate PDF pages

  1. Drop the sideways or upside-down PDF.
  2. Choose 90°, 180°, or 270° clockwise.
  3. Keep all pages, or select odd, even, or a custom set.
  4. Rotate PDF and download the corrected copy.

Rotate PDF in the browser, not in the cloud

Online rotate tools that upload can be fine for a public flyer and a poor idea for a passport scan. This page never receives the file. It also will not “auto-deskew” crooked photos; that needs a different kind of software. It fixes whole-page turns.

Need to trim a page after it reads the right way up? Use Trim scanner edges.

Questions

Does rotate PDF upload my file?

No. The turn is applied in this tab. You download a new PDF. Nothing is sent to a server.

Can I rotate only some pages of a PDF?

Yes. Uncheck “All pages” and pick the pages you want. Odd and even shortcuts help with mixed duplex scans.

Is 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise?

Clockwise. 90° is one turn right, 180° is upside down, 270° is one turn left.

Will rotating a PDF overwrite the original?

No. Your original stays on disk. Save the download wherever you like.

Why does a page still look wrong after I rotate?

The file may already store a rotation from the scanner. Try another angle, or use Organize if you need to see each page first.