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Rotate PDF

Rotate all or selected PDF pages by 90°, 180° or 270° and download the fixed file. Quality is unchanged and nothing is uploaded.

  • 100% free
  • No sign-up
  • Files stay on your device
  • Updated

Upload and adjust

Choose a PDF or drag and drop here

PDF up to 150 MB · stays on your device

Processed on your device. Your files are never uploaded to a server.

Your result

Your finished PDF or images will be ready to download here.

About Rotate PDF

Rotate PDF turns sideways or upside-down pages the right way up. Rotate the whole document or just the pages you list, then save a corrected copy. The rotation is stored as a page setting, so text and images keep their original quality.

How to use Rotate PDF

  1. Choose the PDF.
  2. Select the rotation: 90° right, 180°, or 90° left (270°).
  3. Type all, or the page numbers to rotate, such as 2, 4-6.
  4. Press Rotate PDF and download the corrected file.

Key features

  • Rotate every page or selected pages only
  • Adds to any rotation a page already has
  • No re-compression, so quality is unchanged
  • Clear page-number validation
  • Works offline once the page has loaded

How it works

New page rotation = (current rotation + chosen angle) mod 360.

Rotate PDF examples

1

One sideways scan

Input: scan.pdf, rotate 90°, pages 3

Result: scan-rotated.pdf with page 3 turned upright.

2

Upside-down document

Input: contract.pdf, rotate 180°, all

Result: Every page turned the right way up.

Important notes before you rely on the result

  • PDFs are processed in your browser tab with open-source libraries (pdf-lib and PDF.js) and are never uploaded.
  • Password-protected PDFs cannot be opened; remove the password in your PDF reader first.
  • Keep your original file. Large PDFs need free memory; on older phones work with smaller files or fewer pages at a time.

Limits and supported formats

  • Input: one PDF up to 150 MB. Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first.
  • Rotation is in 90° steps.

Privacy

Processed on your device. Your files are never uploaded to a server.

Rotate PDF: frequently asked questions

Does rotating reduce quality?

No. Only the page’s rotation setting changes; the content is not redrawn or compressed.

The page is still sideways after rotating. Why?

Try the opposite direction: 90° turns clockwise, 270° turns anticlockwise.

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