Rotate PDF pages
in your browser.

When pages come out sideways

The reasons are usually a scanner that didn't ask which way you fed the paper. A multi-page contract scanned in landscape because the operator put it in that way. A passport copy where one page came out upside-down. A receipts batch where the fed-feeder rotated half the stack. A PDF exported from a phone in the wrong orientation. The content is fine; you just want to read it without tilting your head, and you want to send it to someone who shouldn't have to do the same. That's what this fixes — quickly, without re-scanning.

Rotation here is metadata, not pixels. The PDF tells viewers "draw this page rotated 90° clockwise" — the underlying page content stays exactly as it was. The file size barely changes, the operation is instant even on a 500-page document, and you don't lose anything to recompression.

Three angles, all clockwise

• 90° clockwise — for landscape pages that should be portrait, or for the everyday "scanner caught me with the paper sideways" case.
• 180° — for pages scanned upside-down. Common when paper goes through a duplex feeder upside-down on the back side.
• 270° clockwise (which is the same as 90° counter-clockwise) — for the other landscape case.

The angle adds to whatever rotation the page already had. If the source PDF marked a page as 90°-rotated and you rotate by 90°, the result is 180°-rotated. So you don't usually have to think about what the source already says — pick the angle that gets the page where you want it on screen.

The whole document at once

This tool rotates every page by the same angle. That's the right call when:

• All pages came out the same wrong way (the usual scanner case).
• You want the whole document landscape (a slide deck) or the whole document portrait (a printed report).

If only some pages are sideways and others are correct, this tool isn't the right fit — rotating everything would put the correct pages wrong. For per-page control, open the file in edit-pdf: pick the offending pages from the thumbnail grid and rotate just those.

What carries through, what doesn't

Because this is a metadata change, not a content rewrite, almost everything survives:

• Text stays selectable. The PDF still has its text layer; the viewer just draws it rotated.
• Bookmarks / outline survive. Unlike organize-pdf or page deletion, rotation keeps the document-level outline intact.
• Annotations move with their pages. Highlights, sticky notes, and link annotations stay tied to the right content.
• Form fields survive. Filled-in forms remain filled.
• File size barely changes. No recompression, no re-encoding.

Two things still don't carry through:

• Digital signatures are invalidated. A signature is bound to specific bytes; saving the PDF in any way breaks it. If the file is a signed contract, ask for the unsigned version, rotate, then sign.
• The source PDF's "do not modify" flag, if set, is bypassed. The tool uses ignoreEncryption for permission flags — strictly speaking that's only correct if you have the right to change the document. Don't rotate something you don't own or have permission to alter.

If it's a password-protected PDF

Encrypted-with-password PDFs can't be opened to read their pages. Run them through unlock-pdf first (you'll need the password), then come back here.

A few practical notes

1. Output filename. A file called contract.pdf downloads as contract_rotated.pdf. The original on your disk stays untouched.
2. For landscape PDFs you want printed, rotate first, then print. Most printer drivers can also rotate at print time, but if you're sending the PDF to someone else, doing it once here saves them the step.
3. Visual orientation in the viewer ≠ actual page rotation. If you open a PDF and the page looks correct, but a print or thumbnail shows it sideways — the file's rotation flag is set, just your viewer is rendering it for you. Rotating again in this tool is one way to bake it in for everyone.
4. Mobile screenshots saved as PDF often have a strange rotation flag depending on the OS. If the screenshot looks fine on your phone but rotated on a laptop, this tool fixes it.

What happens to your file

The rotation runs in your browser. The original PDF stays on your disk; the rotated version is a new download alongside it. Open DevTools and watch the Network tab during the operation — there are no outbound requests carrying the file content.