About Rotate PDF
Scanners and phone apps often save pages sideways or upside down. Rotate PDF turns the pages you choose and saves the change into the file, so it opens the right way up for everybody, not only on your screen.
Scanners and phone apps love to save pages sideways. Rotate PDF fixes that and saves it, so the file opens the right way up for everyone, not just on your screen. Text stays selectable and nothing loses quality.
How to use Rotate PDF
- Choose your PDF.
- Pick the direction. Leave 'all' to turn every page, or list the pages.
- Press Rotate PDF and download the fixed file.
When to use Rotate PDF
- Fix a landscape scan that was saved in portrait orientation.
- Correct pages that were fed into the scanner upside down.
- Turn a single wide table or drawing without touching the other pages.
- Prepare a document for printing so no reader has to tilt their head.
Tips for better results
- Leave Which pages? empty to rotate everything, or list pages such as 2, 4-6.
- Choose 90° clockwise for a page that lies on its left side.
- Run Rotate before Add Page Numbers so the numbers end up on the correct edge.
Why use 40PDF for this?
The rotation is written into the PDF itself rather than being a temporary view setting. Text remains selectable and no quality is lost, and everything is done locally in your browser.
Rotate PDF: questions and answers
Can I rotate only one page?
Yes. Type the page number in the 'Which pages?' box.
Will the quality drop?
No. Only the page direction changes. Nothing is redrawn.
Can I use different angles for different pages?
Run the tool once for each angle. Each run keeps your earlier changes.
How do I rotate a PDF permanently?
Open Rotate PDF, add your file, pick the angle and press Rotate PDF. The downloaded file has the rotation saved in it.
Can I rotate just one page of a PDF?
Yes. Type that page number in Which pages?, and only that page is turned.
Does rotating a PDF reduce quality?
No. Page content is not re-rendered or re-compressed, only the page orientation changes.