Rotate PDF

About the Rotate PDF

Nothing looks less professional than a PDF where half the pages are sideways or upside down — usually the result of a scanner feeding pages in different orientations. Rotating them fixes the document so every page reads the right way up.

This Rotate PDF tool turns all or selected pages by 90, 180 or 270 degrees, right in your browser. The rotation is saved into the file itself, so the pages stay correct wherever the PDF is opened, and nothing is uploaded in the process.

How to use the Rotate PDF

1. Add your PDF by dragging it in or clicking to browse.
2. Choose the rotation angle (90, 180 or 270 degrees).
3. Enter which pages to rotate, or leave it blank to rotate them all.
4. Click "Rotate PDF" and download the corrected document.

Key features of the Rotate PDF

• Rotate by 90, 180 or 270 degrees
• Rotate all pages or just the ones you choose
• Rotation is saved permanently into the file
• No quality loss to text or images
• Processed in your browser — no uploads

How the Rotate PDF works

This tool works directly with the internal structure of your PDF using established open-source engines (pdf-lib and PDF.js) that implement the ISO 32000 PDF specification. Everything runs locally in your web browser through JavaScript, which means the document is read, modified and re-saved on your own device — it is never transmitted to a server. That is what makes the process both instant and genuinely private.

Because the pages are handled at the object level rather than being re-printed, text stays selectable and sharp and images keep their original quality unless you deliberately choose to compress them.

Tips & best practices

• To rotate only some pages, list them by number — the rest are left exactly as they are.
• If pages are also in the wrong order, use the Organize / Reorder PDF tool alongside rotation.
• Rotating is lossless, so you can adjust and re-save as many times as you need without degrading the file.

Standards & accuracy

Built on the PDF (ISO 32000) standard and processed entirely in your browser, so files are never uploaded.

Because processing happens locally, results are consistent and repeatable. For scanned PDFs (images of text with no selectable text layer), text-based operations require OCR first — the tool works with the document's existing text layer.

Who uses the Rotate PDF?

• Fixing sideways pages from a scanner
• Correcting the orientation of a photographed document
• Preparing a mixed-orientation file for printing
• Tidying a report before sending it to a client

Privacy & security

The Rotate PDF runs entirely inside your web browser. Your data — whether that is a file, figures or text — is processed on your own device and is never uploaded to a server, stored or shared. There is no signup and no account, so you can use it as often as you like while keeping full control of your information. This makes it a safe choice even for confidential and sensitive work.

Why choose Toolinza?

• 100% free — no hidden charges, watermarks or usage caps.
• Private & secure — your data stays on your device.
• Standards-compliant — accurate results suitable for the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, EU, India, Pakistan, the Middle East and worldwide.
• Works everywhere — desktop, tablet and mobile.

Frequently asked questions