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Crop PDF

Trim equal margins from every page. Output preserves text and vectors.

Drop your PDF here, or click to browse

PDF up to ~100 MB · stays on your device

Updated 2026 · Maintained by the CrispPDF team

Scanned pages often have ugly black borders, excessive white margins, or extraneous headers you don't need. CrispPDF's Crop tool lets you draw a rectangle around the content you want to keep—and discard everything outside.

Upload the PDF and drag the crop box over any page. Apply the same crop to all pages or customize each one. Download the trimmed file with clean, tight margins ready for printing or embedding.

For Indian users cropping an Aadhaar card photo out of a full-page scan, the visual interface makes it easy: position the box precisely around the card and export. No guesswork, no wasted paper when printing.

Because cropping happens in your browser, your files stay private. After trimming, compress the result for smaller file size or merge with other documents. The workflow remains free, fast, and completely local.

// How to use

How to use Crop PDF

  1. 1

    Upload the PDF

    Drop the PDF with unwanted margins or scanner white space into the tool.

  2. 2

    Draw a crop rectangle

    Drag a box over the region you want to keep on the preview page.

  3. 3

    Apply to one page or all

    Choose to crop the current page, a range, or every page in the document.

  4. 4

    Download the cropped PDF

    The tidy, borderless PDF downloads with margins removed cleanly.

// Why CrispPDF

Why use CrispPDF for crop pdf?

CrispPDF runs entirely in your browser — your files never touch a server. No signup, no watermarks, no daily limits, no upsells. We built it because every other PDF site is slow, ad-stuffed, or hides the good features behind a paywall. CrispPDF is fast on a phone, fast on a laptop, fast on a 10-year-old machine. Output is byte-clean: signatures stay sharp, compressed PDFs stay readable, conversions preserve layout where the source allows. And because nothing leaves your device, even confidential documents are safe to process. Bookmark this page, share it with your team, and stop juggling five different PDF sites for five different tasks.

  • No signup, no email gate
  • No watermarks on output
  • Files never stored on a server
  • Works on phone, tablet, and desktop

// FAQ

Crop PDF — frequently asked questions

+How to crop an Aadhaar card image out of a full PDF page?

Drag the crop box tightly around the card, apply, and download the cropped PDF.

+Can I remove the white border from my PDF?

Yes. Position the crop rectangle inside the border and download.

+Is it possible to crop on mobile?

Yes. Touch-drag the crop box in Chrome or Safari on your phone.

+How do I crop a PDF to remove white margins?

Draw a rectangle around the actual content, excluding margins, and save.

+Can I apply the same crop to every page?

Yes. Use the 'apply to all' option for uniform trimming.

+Will cropping reduce the file size?

Usually slightly, since you're removing pixel data outside the crop area.

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