About this tool
PDFs remember page orientation as metadata, not as baked-in pixels — every viewer reads a "rotation" flag off each page and displays it accordingly. That is why a page scanned sideways, or exported the wrong way from another program, can be fixed without re-rendering a single pixel: this tool just flips that flag. Drop in a PDF, pick 90°, 180° or 270° clockwise, choose whether to rotate every page or only a specific list like "1,3,5-7", and download the result — all processed locally in your browser.
Rotation is applied relative to each page's current orientation, so rotating an already-rotated page by another 90° gives you 180°, not a reset back to 90°. That matches how every PDF viewer and printer interprets the rotation metadata, and it means you can safely rotate a mixed-orientation document (some pages portrait, some landscape) and still get consistent, predictable results page by page.
Frequently asked questions
Does rotating change how the PDF looks in every viewer?
Yes — page rotation is stored as standard PDF metadata (the `/Rotate` entry) that every compliant PDF viewer (Adobe Acrobat, browser PDF viewers, mobile apps) respects, so the rotated orientation will display and print consistently everywhere.
What if I accidentally rotate a page twice?
Rotation is additive on top of whatever a page's current rotation already is, so running the tool twice with 90° each time results in a net 180° rotation. If you overshoot, just run it again with the remaining angle needed to get back to 0/360° (e.g. rotate by 180° again to undo an accidental 180°, or by 270° to undo a 90°).