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Crop PDF margins. Use LeafDeck's privacy-first Crop PDF tool online without creating an account.
What Crop PDF does
Trim PDF page boundaries to remove excess margins and focus the visible page area on the required content.
- Scans with large borders, print preparation, slide exports, labels, and pages where the content occupies only part of the canvas.
- Prepare one PDF and the crop area for its pages.
- Download a PDF with updated visible page boundaries.
How to use this tool
Prepare the source
Choose one PDF and the crop area for its pages. Keep the original file until you have reviewed the result.
Run Crop PDF
Trim PDF page boundaries to remove excess margins and focus the visible page area on the required content. Review the available options before starting the operation.
Inspect the result
Cropping can hide content without deleting every underlying object; inspect all edges and do not use cropping as a substitute for redaction.
When to use Crop PDF
Best suited to
Scans with large borders, print preparation, slide exports, labels, and pages where the content occupies only part of the canvas.
Expected result
The workflow produces a PDF with updated visible page boundaries.
Final quality check
Cropping can hide content without deleting every underlying object; inspect all edges and do not use cropping as a substitute for redaction.
What to check before sharing your Crop PDF result
Cropping can hide content without deleting every underlying object; inspect all edges and do not use cropping as a substitute for redaction.
LeafDeck creates a new output file rather than replacing the source on your device. Keep the original until page count, orientation, readability, formatting, and any important document features have been checked in the downloaded result.
Crop PDF questions
What does Crop PDF do?
Trim PDF page boundaries to remove excess margins and focus the visible page area on the required content.
When should I use Crop PDF?
Scans with large borders, print preparation, slide exports, labels, and pages where the content occupies only part of the canvas.
What does Crop PDF create?
It creates a PDF with updated visible page boundaries. The downloaded result is separate from the original file.
What should I check after processing?
Cropping can hide content without deleting every underlying object; inspect all edges and do not use cropping as a substitute for redaction.