PDF Tools — Convert, Merge and Compress Files Free
PDF tools combine, split, rotate, number, watermark and resize documents in your browser, reporting encrypted files honestly instead of trying to force them open.
All PDF tools
- Crop PDF
Trim PDF pages by margins or an exact box, with the cut previewed.
- Delete PDF Pages
Remove chosen pages from a PDF and keep the rest in order, locally.
- Extract PDF Pages
Pull chosen pages out of a PDF into a new exact-order document.
- Images to PDF
Combine mixed JPG, PNG, and WebP pictures into one ordered PDF document.
- JPG to PDF
Turn 1–100 JPG photos into one ordered PDF, in your browser, without uploading.
- Merge PDF
Combine up to 20 PDF files into one document, in your order.
- PDF Form Filler
Type into an existing PDF's own form fields and download a new filled copy.
- PDF Metadata Editor
Rewrite a PDF's title, author, subject, keywords, and creator locally.
- PDF Metadata Viewer
Read a PDF's declared info, page count, sizes, and encryption status.
- Add Page Numbers
Stamp Page X of N footers onto every page of a PDF locally.
- PDF Page Size Converter
Rebuild PDF pages at A4, Letter, Legal, or custom size, scaled intact.
- PDF Signature
Draw and place your electronic PDF signature onto documents with mouse or touch. Fast, private, and client-side with no uploads.
- PNG to PDF
Turn 1–100 PNG images into one ordered PDF with transparency kept intact.
- Reorder PDF Pages
Rearrange PDF pages by drag or by buttons, with every page accounted for.
- Rotate PDF Pages
Rotate selected PDF pages by 90, 180, or 270 degrees locally.
- Split PDF
Split one PDF into several files by exact page ranges.
- Watermark PDF
Stamp text or image watermarks onto chosen PDF pages, locally.
A PDF is the final form of a document, which makes it awkward to edit and easy to distrust. Someone needs two reports joined, a chapter extracted, a stack of scans reordered, an invoice rotated, page numbers stamped, or a confidential file made lighter before it circulates. These utilities treat a PDF as a set of pages you can rearrange safely. Merge several documents, split one into ranges, lift chosen pages into a fresh file, delete or reshuffle what you no longer want, rotate sideways scans, apply numbering, convert to a standard paper size, edit document metadata, overlay a watermark, or assemble images into a booklet. Originals are preserved and protected files are reported honestly. Office teams, teachers, accountants and freelancers use them to tidy paperwork between systems. Every operation is performed by your browser, so payroll records, contracts and medical scans stay on your machine and are never transmitted anywhere. Whether you are a paralegal batching exhibits or a landlord archiving tenancy agreements, the routine barely changes.
Formats and limits are described per tool; each tool page states the ones that tool actually accepts and enforces.
Privacy: PDFs are read and rebuilt on your own device. The documents you open are never uploaded, copied to a server or retained afterwards, and encrypted files are reported rather than forced open.
Tidying a document without breaking it
The everyday document job is assembling a deliverable from parts. Start by merging the PDFs in the order you want so the sequence is settled before anything else. If a section belongs elsewhere, pulling the pages you need into a fresh file and removing the pages you no longer want clean up the original. Scanned sheets often arrive sideways, so turning the sideways pages upright before numbering or watermarking them.
The costly mistakes are structural. People delete pages they still need because they confused a printed label with a physical position, or they merge files in the wrong order and then fight the result instead of rebuilding it. Expecting form fields and digital signatures to survive is another disappointment, since these tools treat pages as content. Encrypted documents are reported, not opened, so a password is never bypassed. Keep an untouched copy of every source before you begin.
Read the task as a verb and pick accordingly: combining wants the merger, separating wants the splitter or extractor, rearranging wants the reorder page, presentation wants numbering or watermarking, and paper size wants the converter. Images that must become pages belong to the image-to-PDF tools, not an editor.
Three scenarios explain almost every visit. A package must be assembled from separate submissions, so gathering them in the right order and merging once beats repeated attempts. Something must be removed or retained, which is where numbering matters: read the label, then verify the physical position before deleting. An existing document must be dressed for delivery with footers, a translucent stamp, a standard sheet size, or trimmed margins. Understand occlusion as well, because cropping conceals rather than erases, and the hidden area survives inside the file. Damaged or password-protected downloads are reported honestly instead of half-converted. Whichever route you take, export with a descriptive filename, keep the untouched source beside it, and reopen the finished document once to confirm the pages landed in the intended order. Bookmarking the workflow pays off when the same report arrives monthly, because repetition turns a fiddly chore into a habit. Print a copy occasionally, since paper exposes layout faults a screen conceals.
Compare your options
| Tool | Best for | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crop PDF | Trimming margins or cutting a fixed box | A PDF plus a page range or box | A PDF whose page edges are hidden (not erased) |
| Delete PDF Pages | Removing unwanted pages | A PDF and page numbers | A shorter PDF that keeps the rest in order |
| Extract PDF Pages | Keeping only a few pages | A PDF and page numbers | A new PDF containing just those pages |
When this category is NOT the answer
If the content is still a picture rather than a page, paginating it early wastes the chance to fix quality. Prepare the pictures with the image tools first, then place the finished assets into a document.
Jobs you can do with PDF tools
- Ship a tidy PDF bundle from many files
Assemble scattered reports into one presentable PDF: combine the sources, fix a sideways scan, number the pages and hand over a single file from your browser.
Start here: a practical PDF workflow
- Combine the source files first: Merge PDF for documents, or JPG to PDF and Images to PDF for pictures.
- Tidy the pages with Reorder PDF Pages, Delete PDF Pages or Extract PDF Pages.
- Finish with Rotate PDF, Add Page Numbers or Watermark PDF, then download the result.
Frequently asked questions about PDF tools
Do you upload my PDFs?
No. Documents are opened, rebuilt and saved entirely in your browser; nothing is sent to a server.
Can you open a password-protected PDF?
No. Encrypted files are detected and reported; the tools never guess or bypass a password.
Will editing keep my original file?
Yes. The source document is left untouched and the tool produces a new download, so you can always fall back to the original.
Do the tools preserve forms or signatures?
No. Interactive forms and digital signatures are documented as unsupported; the tools treat pages as content and rebuild them.
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PDF guides: which tool to pick
- Which PDF tool do you need: merge, split, extract, or tidy?
Match your PDF job — combining files, separating pages, pulling a range, rotating, or numbering — to the tool built for it.
- Delete, extract, or split PDF pages: which keeps the rest intact?
Tell apart three page-removal tools by what happens to the pages you did not choose: gone, moved, or still there.
- Reorder pages or merge files: which PDF job do you have?
Separate two easily confused jobs: fixing the order inside one document, and combining several documents into one.
- Crop or resize PDF pages before printing?
Decide whether to trim white margins or rebuild the page geometry when a PDF does not match the paper in the tray.
- Read or rewrite PDF metadata: which tool changes what?
Choose between inspecting a PDF's declared properties and deliberately rewriting the title, author, and keywords.
- JPG, PNG, or mixed photos to PDF: which converter?
Pick the image-to-PDF converter that matches your file types and whether transparency must survive the conversion.