PDF how-to guides
Short, practical guides for getting things done with PDFs — every one of them entirely in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Tool guides
One per tool — the full walkthrough lives on the tool page.
- How to Merge PDF Files (Free, Without Uploading) Merge PDF files into one document right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — here's how, plus tips for ordering and combining pages. Open the Merge PDF tool →
- How to Split a PDF (Free, Without Uploading) Split a PDF into separate files or extract specific pages right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — here's how, with examples. Open the Split PDF tool →
- How to Compress a PDF (Free, Without Uploading) Compress a PDF to make it smaller right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — choose a compression level and see the before and after size. Open the Compress PDF tool →
- How to Convert PDF to JPG (Free, Without Uploading) Convert PDF pages to JPG images right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — pick your pages and quality, then download. Open the PDF to JPG tool →
- How to Convert JPG to PDF (Free, Without Uploading) Convert JPG and PNG images into a PDF right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — reorder pages, set the page size, and download. Open the JPG to PDF tool →
- How to Rotate a PDF (Free, Without Uploading) Rotate PDF pages right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — turn individual pages or the whole document and download. Open the Rotate PDF tool →
- How to Delete Pages from a PDF (Free, Without Uploading) Delete pages from a PDF right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — mark the pages to remove, preview, and download. Open the Delete Pages tool →
- How to Unlock a PDF (Remove a Password You Know, Free) Remove a password from a PDF right in your browser. Free, private, no upload and no signup — enter the password you know and download an unlocked copy. Open the Unlock PDF tool →
Task-by-task guides
Specific situations — combine receipts for an expense report, compress a scan for a visa application, fix a sideways scanned PDF.
- Invoices → one PDF Expense systems want a single attachment per submission. Here's how to merge a month of invoice PDFs into one tidy file — privately, in your browser.
- Combine photos into a PDF Combine a batch of photos — phone snaps, scanned documents, screenshots — into one shareable PDF. Done in your browser, in under a minute, with no upload.
- Receipt photos → one PDF Phone-photo receipts are easy to take and hard to file. Here's the simplest way to combine them into one tidy PDF for an expense report — privately.
- Compress PDF for email Most email providers cap attachments at around 20–25 MB. Here's the fastest way to shrink a PDF until it fits — entirely in your browser, no upload.
- Compress for passport / visa Government portals often cap PDF uploads at 1–2 MB. Here's how to compress a passport application PDF until it fits — privately, in your browser.
- Compress without quality loss Most compressors trade size for visible quality loss. Here is how to shrink a PDF while keeping text crisp, vector graphics sharp, and only image quality even slightly affected — all in your browser.
- Compress a scanned PDF Scanned PDFs are usually mostly image — and image PDFs shrink dramatically. Here's how to compress a scanned PDF in your browser without sacrificing legibility.
- iPhone photos to PDF Turn photos from your iPhone — receipts, whiteboards, scanned documents — into a single PDF in your browser. No app to install, no upload to a server.
- Multiple JPGs to one PDF Combine several JPG images into a single PDF, in any order, with the page size and margins you want — all in your browser, no upload.
- PDF → JPG for social Most social platforms accept images but not PDFs. Here's how to turn PDF pages into JPGs sized right for Instagram, Twitter, or LinkedIn — in your browser.
- Remove duplicate pages Scanners, OCR runs, and combined-PDF workflows often produce duplicate pages. Here is how to spot and remove them — visually, in your browser, with no upload.
- Extract pages from a PDF Sometimes you only need a few pages from a long PDF — a single contract clause, two pages from a long report. Here's how to pull them out, in your browser.
- Fix a sideways scan Scanners flip pages all the time. Here's how to rotate scanned PDF pages — one page or all of them — right-side-up, in your browser.
- Make a PDF under 10 MB 10 MB is the everyday upload cap — most email providers, Slack, many ticketing systems. Here is how to comfortably clear it in your browser, without uploading the file you are shrinking.
- Make a PDF under 2 MB 2 MB is the most common file-size cap on web forms — visa applications, school portals, support uploads. Here is how to hit it in your browser, without uploading the file you are shrinking.
- Resume + cover letter into one PDF Most job portals only accept one attachment. Here's the fastest way to combine your resume and cover letter into a single PDF — in your browser, no upload.
- Remove blank pages Sheet-fed scans almost always include empty pages from blank backs and separator sheets. Here's how to remove them cleanly — in your browser, no upload.
- Rotate a PDF permanently Rotating a PDF in your viewer often does not save — open it again and it is sideways once more. Here is how to rotate it for real, in your browser, so the rotation sticks everywhere.
- Split a PDF in half Half a long PDF in seconds — useful for double-sided print prep, separating combined documents, or sharing only one half of a packet. Here is how to do it in your browser.
- Split into individual pages Sometimes you need every page of a PDF as its own file — for batch upload, per-page review, or distributing a packet. Here is how to split a PDF into one-PDF-per-page, in your browser.