# Rotate a PDF

> Rotate PDF pages in your browser. Fix sideways scans with 90, 180, or 270 degree rotation. No upload, no account.

Fix sideways scans here

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.

Free. There is no paid tier. No account. 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](https://lovethispdf.com/crop-scanned-pdf.md).

## 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.

## Related tools

- [Crop PDF](https://lovethispdf.com/tools/crop-pdf.md): Trim a page after it reads the right way up.
- [Organize PDF](https://lovethispdf.com/tools/organize-pdf.md): Preview every page, then rotate or delete individually.
- [Watermark PDF](https://lovethispdf.com/tools/watermark-pdf.md): Add a stamp after the pages read the right way up.
- [Page numbers](https://lovethispdf.com/tools/page-numbers.md): Headers and footers sit correctly once rotation is fixed.
- [JPG to PDF](https://lovethispdf.com/tools/jpg-to-pdf.md): Build a new PDF from photos if the scan is easier as images.
- [Merge PDF](https://lovethispdf.com/tools/merge-pdf.md): Combine the rotated file with the rest of the packet.

## Tasks

- [Fix a sideways scan](https://lovethispdf.com/fix-sideways-pdf.md): Phone scans and ADF feeders