Crop a PDF on your phone
Wide white margins, a scanner's black edge, or only one table you need from a page: PDF Maker crops PDF pages on your Android phone. The text stays text, and your original file is not changed.
These steps are for PDF Maker, our Android app. The app does the work on your phone; this web page does not touch your files.
How to crop a PDF
- Open PDF Maker and tap Crop PDF in the PDF group, then choose the file.
- Pick a mode:
- Auto: white margins are found on each page and cut away.
- Margins: drag the corners, and the same margins are cut from each page.
- Box: drag the corners or the box to choose the part of the page you keep.
- Choose All pages or This page.
- Tap Crop, then save or share the new PDF.
Hidden or removed?
By default the cut-off part is removed from view: PDF readers and printers show only the cropped area. Turn on Keep the cut-off part if you may want it back: it is then hidden, not deleted, and another PDF editor can restore it. Do not use cropping to hide private information; use Redact PDF in the app for that, which removes it for good.
When cropping helps
- Reading a document with wide margins on a small screen: Auto crop makes the text larger.
- Removing the dark border a phone photo or a scanner leaves around a page.
- Keeping just a receipt, a table or a signature block from a full page, before you merge it with other files.
- A page that is sideways? Rotate it first, then crop.
Crop PDF has no daily limit and runs on your phone; nothing is uploaded.
Questions
How do I crop a PDF on my phone?
Open PDF Maker, tap Crop PDF, choose Auto, Margins or Box, pick all pages or this page, and tap Crop.
Can I remove white margins from every page at once?
Yes. Auto finds and cuts the white margins of each page; Margins cuts the same margins from all pages.
Does cropping reduce quality?
No. The text stays text and pictures keep their sharpness; only the visible area changes.
Is the cut-off part deleted?
It is no longer shown. With "Keep the cut-off part" on, it is hidden and can be restored in another editor.