How to rotate a scanned PDF and save the change

Straighten a PDF that came out landscape or upside down and save the rotation permanently.

Updated Aug 24, 2026

If a scan came out sideways or upside down, rotate it in the editor, check the result thumbnails and download the PDF: the change is saved, it is not only a view rotation.

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Rotate the PDF step by step

  1. Upload the PDFOpen the rotate PDF tool and select the document. You will see the original pages and a result panel.
  2. Choose which pages to rotateTap the thumbnails to mark pages: the rotation applies to the selected ones. You can also choose Current page or All pages. Use ↶ 90° or ↷ 90° (you can press several times) and Reset if you go wrong.
  3. Review the result and downloadThe Result thumbnails show the full PDF already rotated. When it matches what you want, press Rotate the PDF and download.

In a ten-page PDF, if only sheets 2, 5 and 8 are crooked, select them and rotate 90°. The others are left alone. Before you generate, walk through the Result: those three should look rotated and the rest identical to the original.

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Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

Is the rotation really saved?

Yes. Unlike rotating the view in a reader, here the downloaded PDF keeps the new orientation.

Can I rotate only some pages?

Yes. Select the pages in the thumbnails — for example 2, 5 and 8 of a ten-page PDF — and apply 90°. The rest stay as they were. You can also rotate only the page you are looking at, or all of them at once.

Does rotating lose quality?

No. It changes the orientation of the pages without recompressing the content. Before you generate, you can check it in the result thumbnails.