Rotate PDF
Each click on a thumbnail turns that page 90° clockwise.
Click a thumbnail to rotate just that page 90° clockwise.
Stand sideways pages up for good
Phone scans often end up with a few sideways pages, or a sheet went into the scanner upside down. Rotating the view in a PDF reader doesn't stick. This tool changes the pages' rotation and saves a new PDF, so it opens the right way up in any viewer.
Ways to rotate
- Click thumbnails — each click turns that page 90° clockwise. Easiest when pages face different directions.
- Range and angle — type pages such as
1, 3-4, pick an angle and click Apply. Leave it empty to rotate everything. - Make landscape pages portrait — finds wide pages and turns them 90°. Skip this if some pages, like wide tables, are meant to be landscape.
Quality and protection
Only the rotation value changes; page content isn't redrawn, so text, quality and file size stay the same. PDFs with editing restrictions are converted to images. Remove any open password first.
If a photographed page is skewed rather than sideways, Scan to PDF (straighten) gives better results. If the order is mixed up too, continue with Reorder PDF Pages. Nothing is uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Can I rotate by a small angle like 45°?
PDF page rotation only works in 90° steps. For skewed scans, use Scan to PDF (straighten).
It prints in the old orientation.
Your printer's “auto-rotate” setting may turn pages to fit the paper. Check the orientation in the print dialog.
Can I rotate several files at once?
One file at a time. Merge them first with Merge PDF, then rotate.
Related tools
- Reorder PDF PagesDrag thumbnails to rearrange pages and save — reverse, odd/even, duplex fix
- Scan to PDF (Straighten Photos)Flatten a skewed photo of a document by its four corners and clean it up like a scan
- Merge PDFCombine PDFs in any order and pick page ranges from each file
- Split PDFSplit by page ranges, every N pages or into single pages — download as ZIP
- Extract PDF PagesClick thumbnails or type page numbers to save them as a new PDF
- Delete PDF PagesClick thumbnails or type page numbers to remove pages and save