Preview for Mac: Crop or rotate a PDF in Preview

Crop or rotate a PDF in Preview

You can crop a page to hide content, or rotate it to change its orientation.

Crop a PDF

To crop a PDF, you first select the area you want to keep, and then discard the rest. If you want to view the dimensions of the content you’re selecting, choose Tools > Show Inspector, then click the Crop Inspector button and choose a unit of measurement that’s displayed in the Crop Inspector window.

  1. If the Markup toolbar isn’t showing, click the Show Markup Toolbar button , then click the Rectangular Selection button .

  2. Select the portion of the page you want to keep.

  3. Click the Crop button in the Markup toolbar.

    Note: To undo the crop immediately, choose Edit > Undo Crop. To undo the crop later, return to a version before the crop. Choose File > Revert To > Browse All Versions, then browse the versions to restore the one you want.

Rotate a PDF

  • Rotate one page: Click the Rotate button . You can also choose Tools > Rotate Left or Tools > Rotate Right.

  • Rotate several pages at once: Choose View > Thumbnails or View > Contact Sheet, select the pages to rotate, then click the Rotate button .

Last Modified: Sep 27, 2016
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