Rotate PDF Pages
Fix sideways or upside-down pages in any PDF. Rotate all pages, odd pages, or even pages.
Scanners have a reliable talent for producing sideways pages, especially when a stack of documents slips slightly during the feed. This fixes that without re-scanning anything. I use it most often on duplex-scanned documents where every other page comes out upside-down.
Rotation updates the page orientation metadata only, no image re-rendering, no quality loss, no file size change.
How rotation works
Every PDF page stores a rotation value in its metadata. This tool reads your PDF, updates that rotation value for the pages you select, and saves a corrected copy. The page content itself is untouched, only the orientation metadata changes. Text remains selectable, images stay at full quality, and file size is virtually unchanged.
Rotating odd and even pages
The odd/even option exists specifically for duplex-scanned documents. Some scanner configurations produce batches where all the back sides of pages are upside-down. Selecting even pages and rotating 180° corrects the whole document in a single pass without touching the correctly oriented pages.
What gets preserved
Everything. Fonts, images, hyperlinks, annotations, form fields, and selectable text are all unaffected. Only the rotation metadata value changes. The output file will be almost identical in size to the input.
Rotating a single page
The current tool supports all pages, odd, or even. To rotate just one specific page, use Split PDF to extract that page, rotate it here, then use Merge PDFs to reassemble the document.
Privacy
Your file stays in the browser. No upload, no server, no account required.
Frequently asked questions
Is the rotation permanent?
It's permanent in the downloaded output file. Your original file is not modified. If you want to undo it, rotate the output in the opposite direction.
Can I rotate by a custom angle?
PDF rotation metadata only supports multiples of 90°. Arbitrary angles would require re-rendering the page content, which is a different and more complex operation.
Why do some pages look wrong after rotating?
Some PDFs have pages with pre-existing rotation values. The tool adds your rotation to whatever was already there. If a page that was already rotated 90° gets another 90° clockwise rotation, it ends up at 180°. Check your source document first if you see unexpected results.