Windows does not have a built-in tool to crop PDFs — but you can do it for free in any browser in under a minute. No downloads, no installations, and no subscriptions required.
Windows 10 and 11 come with Microsoft Edge pre-installed. Open Edge (or Chrome) and navigate to pdfeditor.onl/crop-pdf.
Click the upload area or drag your PDF from File Explorer directly into the browser tab. The tool loads all pages as thumbnails.
Type the percentage to remove from each side — Top, Bottom, Left, Right. For standard scanned documents with thin black borders, 2–3% on all sides is a good starting point.
Tip: Use the Per-Page mode if some pages are landscape and others portrait, so each gets the right crop.
Click Download PDF. The file saves to your Windows Downloads folder automatically. Open it in Edge, Chrome, or any PDF viewer to confirm the crop looks correct.
Yes. The browser-based crop tool at pdfeditor.onl/crop-pdf works entirely without Adobe or any other installed software.
It works on any Windows version that can run a modern browser. Chrome and Edge both support Windows 7 and 8 (though Microsoft has ended security support for those OS versions).
No enforced limit. The tool processes everything locally in your browser using your device's RAM. Very large PDFs (300+ MB) may be slow on older machines.