Rotate PDF
Turn sideways or upside-down PDF pages the right way up.
Runs in your browser — your files never leave your device.
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Use your browser's Share menu, then “Add to Home Screen”.
Leave pages empty for the whole document. Rotation is added to whatever the page already had.
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About this tool
Scanners and phone cameras produce sideways pages constantly, and a viewer's rotate button only changes what you see — reopen the file, or send it to someone else, and it is sideways again. This makes the rotation permanent, because in a PDF the page angle is a property stored on the page itself rather than something painted into the content. Turning a page therefore rewrites one number and touches nothing else: text stays selectable, images keep their exact resolution, and the file does not grow. You can turn the whole document, or name specific pages the way you would in a print dialog, such as 1-3, 7, 12- where an open range runs to the end. The option most people actually want is rotating only the landscape pages, which fixes the usual case of a few sheets going through the scanner the wrong way round while leaving the correctly-oriented pages alone. Everything happens in your browser, so the document never reaches a server.
How to use it
- Drop in your PDF
- Choose which way to turn, and whether to apply it to every page or only the sideways ones
- Rotate, then download the corrected file
Frequently asked questions
Why does rotating in my PDF viewer not stick?
Most viewers rotate the view only, as a temporary convenience, and never write the change back to the file. This tool sets the rotation on the page itself and saves a new PDF, so it stays turned wherever the file is opened next.
Does rotating reduce quality or make the file bigger?
Neither. Page rotation in a PDF is a stored angle rather than a redrawing of the page, so nothing is re-rendered or re-compressed. Text remains selectable and searchable, images keep their original resolution, and the file size is essentially unchanged.
Can I rotate only the pages that came out sideways?
Yes, and it is usually what you want. Set the apply option to landscape pages only and the portrait pages are left untouched. This handles the common case of a few sheets going through a scanner the wrong way round without you having to list them individually.
How do I rotate specific pages?
Type them into the pages field the way you would in a print dialog. Single pages as 5, ranges as 2-8, and combinations such as 1-3, 7, 12-. Leaving a range open, like 12-, means from that page to the end. Leave the field empty to apply to the whole document.
Is my document uploaded anywhere?
No. The PDF is read into your browser and rotated there, so it never reaches a server. There is also a REST API for the same operation if you need to rotate files from a script, and that one does process on the server by necessity.