Rotate PDF

Pages lying on their side or upside down?

You scan a bank statement or a signed lease for a rental application, open the file, and every page is lying on its side. You can turn the view in your PDF reader, but that changes nothing in the file: the landlord or the visa office will still see it the wrong way round. The Jood rotate tool saves the new orientation inside the PDF itself, so the pages display correctly for anyone who opens it.

Picking the angle

• 90° clockwise: when the top of the text points to the left.
• 180°: when the page is upside down, which usually happens when the sheet went into the scanner the wrong way.
• 270° counter-clockwise: a quarter turn in the other direction.

If you are not sure, start with 90°. If the pages come out upside down, go back to the original file and choose 270°.

Rotating the file

1. Choose the PDF from your device.
2. Select the rotation angle from the list.
3. Click the rotate button and the corrected PDF downloads.

When only one page is wrong

The tool turns every page of the file by the same angle. It has no option to pick individual pages. If a single sideways page sits in the middle of an otherwise fine document, cut the file into three parts with the split PDF tool (the pages before, the problem page, the pages after), rotate that one page, then put the three parts back together in order with the merge PDF tool.

If you photograph documents with your phone, the smart scanner lets you rotate each page before the PDF is created, which avoids the problem in the first place.

Your file stays with you

The rotation happens in your browser, on your own device. The file is never uploaded to a server, which matters when the document is a contract or a copy of your passport. No account, nothing to install.

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