Crop PDF

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Trim page margins on every page of a PDF by a fixed amount.

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All processing happens in your browser — files never upload anywhere.

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About Crop PDF

Crop PDF is a browser-based PDF utility powered by pdf-lib (a mature MIT-licensed WebAssembly PDF library). Drop your PDF, run the operation, and download the result — all without uploading. Because there's no server round-trip, Crop PDF is instantly available offline once the page has loaded.

What is Crop PDF best used for?

  • Handle confidential contracts, medical records, or legal PDFs privately.
  • Prepare PDFs for e-signing services (some require specific page structures).
  • Clean up scanned PDFs by removing blank or duplicate pages.
  • Prep a PDF portfolio for a job or school application.

How Crop PDF works technically

pdf-lib (WASM PDF authoring / editing)

How to Crop PDF

Every step runs on your device — nothing is uploaded.

  1. Step 1

    Open the tool

    Open Crop PDF on Toolspace.

  2. Step 2

    Upload your PDF

    Drop your PDF into the drop zone. It stays in your browser — no upload.

  3. Step 3

    Configure options

    Adjust any settings shown (pages, quality, output naming).

  4. Step 4

    Download

    Click the action button to process and download the result.

Frequently asked questions

How does Crop PDF work under the hood?

Crop PDF is powered by pdf-lib, a mature MIT-licensed PDF library compiled to WebAssembly. When you drop a PDF, it's parsed in-browser using pdf-lib's structured document model — no server round-trip, no upload, no telemetry. The output is a fresh PDF written using the ISO 32000-1 spec.

Does Crop PDF work with password-protected PDFs?

Crop PDF can open encrypted PDFs and crop them if you have permission. If a PDF has an owner password (edit/copy restrictions), pdf-lib respects those flags but our PDF Unlock tool can remove them if you own the file.

What's the largest PDF Crop PDF can process?

Crop PDF handles PDFs up to about 500 MB smoothly on a modern laptop. Above that, you may hit browser memory limits — the fix is to close other tabs or split the PDF into chunks first.

Does Crop PDF preserve form fields, annotations, and bookmarks?

Yes. pdf-lib preserves the PDF's object graph including AcroForm fields, page annotations, and outlines. Some heavily-optimized commercial PDFs (with unusual compression) may need to be re-saved once to normalize before editing.

Can I crop multiple PDFs in a batch?

Crop PDF processes one PDF per run to keep memory usage predictable. To batch, keep the tab open and drop PDFs one after another. Because there's no upload step, each run is instant.

Is my PDF stored on Toolspace's servers?

No — Toolspace has no upload endpoint for Crop PDF. Your PDF is read into browser memory, processed by pdf-lib, and either downloaded back to your device or discarded when you close the tab.

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