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Rotate PDF Pages

Fix a sideways or upside-down PDF by turning its pages the right way up. Drop a file in, click the page thumbnails you want to turn (or leave them all selected to rotate the whole document), pick 90, 180 or 270 degrees, then download the corrected PDF. Everything runs in your browser with pdf-lib, so the file never leaves your device.

How to rotate a PDF

  1. Drop a PDF onto the drop zone, or click it to browse for a file.
  2. Wait for the page thumbnails to render. Every page is selected by default.
  3. Click individual thumbnails to rotate only those pages, or use Select all and Clear.
  4. Choose the rotation angle: 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
  5. Click Rotate and download to save the turned PDF.

Examples

Turn a whole scan upright

10-page scan lying sideways, leave all pages selected, rotate 90 degrees
The same 10-page PDF with every page rotated 90 degrees clockwise

Rotate only specific pages

select pages 1, 2, 3 and 5 of a 10-page file, rotate 180 degrees
4 pages flipped 180 degrees, the other 6 pages unchanged

Flip one landscape page back

click page 4 only, rotate 270 degrees
Page 4 rotated 270 degrees, all other pages left as they were

Frequently asked questions

Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?

No. The rotation runs entirely in your browser using pdf-lib, and the file is read from your device into memory. Nothing is sent to a server, so confidential contracts, statements and scans stay private.

Can I rotate only some pages?

Yes. Every page starts selected, which rotates the whole document. Click a thumbnail to deselect it, or click to build up a custom selection so only the pages you choose are turned. Select all and Clear are there to reset quickly.

What rotation angles are available?

Three quarter-turns: 90, 180 and 270 degrees, applied clockwise. There is no free-angle or one-degree nudge, because PDF page rotation is defined only in 90 degree steps.

Does rotating reduce quality or change the content?

No. Rotation only updates each page's orientation value. The underlying text, images and vector graphics are untouched, so there is no re-compression and no loss of sharpness.

Why is the rotation added to a page's current angle?

Each rotation stacks on top of whatever the page already has, wrapping around at 360. So rotating a page 90 degrees twice leaves it at 180, and a page already turned 270 that you rotate another 90 lands back at 0. This matches how most PDF viewers behave.

What if the page previews do not appear?

Some PDFs cannot be rendered to thumbnails. When that happens the tool shows a text box instead where you type the pages to rotate, such as all, or a range like 1-3, 5. The rotation itself still works normally.

How do I write a page range in the fallback box?

Use 1-based page numbers separated by commas, and dashes for ranges, for example 1-3, 5 to select pages 1, 2, 3 and 5. Reversed ranges like 5-3 are read the same as 3-5, and numbers outside the document are ignored.

What if my PDF is password protected?

If the file opens without a password in your normal viewer, it will rotate here. A PDF that demands a password just to open cannot be read, and the tool reports that it could not read the file.

What does the downloaded file get named?

The tool adds a -rotated suffix before the extension, so report.pdf downloads as report-rotated.pdf. Your original file on disk is never modified.

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