Rotate PDF

What it does

Rotate PDF turns the pages of a PDF that were scanned or saved sideways or upside down, so the file reads the right way up. Your original file isn’t changed.

• Every page is the default: add a PDF and each page is turned 90° right.
• Some pages: name them in Pages, such as 2 or 1-3, 8-, and only those are turned.
• Three turns: 90° right, 180° or 90° left, each added to the rotation the page already has.

The result says how many pages were turned, such as “3 of 12 pages turned 90° right”.

How to use it

1. Drop your PDF on the box, paste it, or select Choose a file. Select “Try a sample” to see a 3-page letter that was scanned sideways come out upright.
2. Choose the turn under Rotation, and type page numbers in Pages if only some pages need it. The file is ready a moment after each change.
3. Select Download PDF to save it. It’s named after your file, such as report-rotated.pdf.
4. Press Ctrl+Enter (⌘+Enter on a Mac) to run it again, or Esc to stop a run that’s still working.

Writing page numbers

• Separate them with commas: 1-3, 5, 8-.
• 5 is one page, 1-3 is pages 1 to 3, and 8- runs from page 8 to the last page.
• Put the lower page first: 4-9, not 9-4.
• A page named more than once is turned once.

Good to know

• Each page is turned by its rotation setting, the way PDF viewers show it: its text, pictures and size stay as they are, and the pages keep their order.
• Pages you don’t name keep the rotation they had.
• Password-protected PDFs, and PDFs locked with restrictions, are refused. Save a copy without the protection first.
• Fillable form fields don’t stay fillable, and the new file has no title or author from the original.

Limits

You can turn one PDF at a time, up to 100 MB and 1,000 pages. Adding another PDF replaces the one there.

Privacy

Your PDF stays on your device: the tool runs in your browser and doesn’t upload it. The turned file starts without the original’s document details, such as its title, author and the app that made it. When the site shows ads, Google can use cookies for them: in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google asks for your consent first, and elsewhere Google’s own policies apply. The Privacy page explains how.