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Rotate PDF

Rotate every page or only the pages you pick by 90° clockwise, 180° or 90° anticlockwise, with a live preview. Text, links and quality are untouched.

Rotate PDF1 free run a dayNewPDF ToolsRuns in your browser

Works in your browser. What you paste or upload is processed on your device.

Key features of the rotate PDF

  • Rotate 90° right, 90° left or 180°
  • All pages, or only the pages you select by tap, range or odd/even
  • Live preview: thumbnails turn before you save
  • Saved into the file, so it opens the right way in every viewer
  • No re-rendering: text, links, forms and quality are untouched
  • Pages that were already rotated are turned on from their current angle
  • Runs in your browser with no upload

How to use the rotate PDF

  1. Choose your PDF

    Pick or drop the PDF with sideways or upside-down pages.

  2. Pick the angle

    Choose 90° right, 180° or 90° left. The previews turn straight away.

  3. Pick the pages

    Keep All pages, or choose Selected pages and tap the pages or type their numbers.

  4. Rotate and download

    Press Rotate and save the corrected PDF.

What is a rotate PDF?

Rotate PDF turns pages a quarter turn clockwise, a quarter turn anticlockwise, or upside down, and saves the rotation into the file so it opens the right way up everywhere. Rotate every page at once, or switch to Selected pages and pick them by tapping the previews, typing ranges (2, 4-6), or using the odd and even buttons. The previews turn as you change the settings, so you see the result before you save.

The rotation is written with pdf-lib in your browser by changing each page's rotation setting, the same way desktop PDF editors do it. Nothing is redrawn, so text stays selectable, links and form fields keep working, and the file size barely changes. A page that was already rotated in the original is turned further from where it was.

Honest limits: pages turn in steps of 90°, which fixes sideways and upside-down pages but not a scan that is a few degrees crooked. Some viewers remember their own view rotation, which is separate from the file; this tool changes the file itself. Password-protected PDFs need to be unlocked first, and files up to 200 MB are accepted.

Why use a rotate PDF?

Phone scans and copier output often come out sideways or upside down, and a landscape table in a portrait report needs turning before it can be read. Rotating in a viewer only changes your screen; saving the rotation into the file fixes it for everyone you send it to, without uploading the document anywhere.

Rotate PDF: frequently asked questions

Something else? Ask the team

How do I rotate just one page?

Choose the PDF and tap the page you want to turn. The tool switches to Selected pages with that page picked. Choose the angle and press Rotate 1 page.

Will the rotation stay when I send the PDF?

Yes. The rotation is saved in the file, so the pages open the right way in Adobe Acrobat, Preview, Chrome, phones and email previews. That is different from the rotate button in most viewers, which only turns your own view.

Does rotating reduce the quality?

No. The page content isn't redrawn, only its rotation setting changes, so text stays selectable and images stay sharp. The file size stays almost the same.

Can I rotate odd or even pages only?

Yes. Choose Selected pages and press Odd pages or Even pages. That is handy for double-sided scans where every second page came out upside down.

Can I rotate a PDF on my iPhone?

Yes. Open this page in Safari, choose the PDF from Files, pick the angle and tap Rotate. The rotated PDF is saved to the Downloads folder in Files.

Can it straighten a slightly crooked scan?

No. Rotation is in quarter turns (90°, 180°, 270°). A page tilted by a few degrees needs a scanner app with deskew, or a new scan.

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. The rotation is done in your browser. The server only counts the run for the daily free use and never sees the file.

Is Rotate PDF free?

You get 1 free run of this tool per day. After that, each run costs 5 credits from a free AI Rank Lab account (1 credit is 1 US cent). A run is one press of the main button; opening the file, page previews and changing options before that are free. If a run fails, it is handed back automatically. Signed-out visitors are counted per internet connection, so if your free run is already used, signing in gives you your own.

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