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Rotate PDF Pages

Permanently rotate PDF pages that scanned sideways or upside down. Rotate the whole document or only the pages you specify.

Runs in your browser — files never leave your device

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How to use Rotate PDF

  1. Add the PDF with wrongly oriented pages.

  2. Choose 90° clockwise, 180°, or 90° counter-clockwise.

  3. Rotate all pages, or enter specific pages such as 2, 5-7.

  4. Click Rotate PDF and download the corrected file.

About this tool

Scanners and phone scanning apps frequently produce pages with the wrong orientation. This tool sets each page's rotation property in the PDF itself, so the fix persists in every viewer — unlike rotating temporarily in a PDF reader. You can apply one rotation to all pages, or target specific pages with the same range syntax used by the Split tool (for example 2, 5-7).

This solves a common frustration where a PDF looks fine while you're viewing it in one app, but reverts to sideways the moment someone else opens it in a different PDF reader — because the temporary view rotation wasn't actually saved into the file.

Common ways people use this

  • Fixing pages that came out sideways from a scanner or phone scanning app
  • Correcting just one or two upside-down pages in an otherwise correctly oriented document
  • Making sure a rotation fix persists no matter which PDF viewer someone else uses to open the file

Tips for better results

  • If only a few pages are wrong in an otherwise correct document, use the specific-pages option rather than rotating everything.
  • Preview the corrected file after downloading in a different PDF viewer than the one you used to check it, to confirm the fix actually saved into the file.

Frequently asked questions

Why does my PDF open sideways every time?
The page orientation is stored in the file. Rotating in a viewer only changes the current display; this tool rewrites the stored orientation so the fix is permanent.
Can I rotate only some pages?
Yes. Enter pages or ranges like 2, 5-7 and only those pages are rotated; the rest are left untouched.
Does rotation affect text quality or searchability?
No. Only the page rotation property changes — content, text layers and quality are untouched.
Can I rotate different pages by different amounts in one pass?
Each pass applies one rotation amount to the pages you specify. For pages that need a different rotation, run the tool again on the result with a new set of page numbers.
Will this work on a scanned PDF with no selectable text?
Yes. Rotation works on the page itself regardless of whether the content is a scanned image or real text.

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