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Crop PDF for designers
Updated July 2026
Arthize lets designers and creative teams crop a PDF in a private workspace — free, with no watermark. Cropping a PDF trims the margins or unwanted edges of pages, so scans and oversized layouts fit cleanly on screen and in print.
Why designers crop a PDF
A designer sends a proof as a fixed PDF, exports selected pages to high-resolution PNG for a client preview, and compresses the print layout for email approval — keeping the originals private.
Built for proofs. Whether it's proofs, portfolios, print layouts, Arthize's crop pdf keeps the work inside your private workspace. Client work and unreleased designs are confidential; private processing keeps proofs off public tools.
What matters when you crop a PDF
Cropping changes the visible page box without deleting page content permanently.
It is useful for tightening scans with wide margins.
You can apply the same crop across every page.
How to crop a PDF
- 1
Open the crop tool
Sign in and open the Crop tool.
- 2
Add your PDF
Upload the document to crop.
- 3
Set the crop box
Drag the margins to the area you want to keep.
- 4
Download
Get a cropped PDF.
Common questions
- How do designers crop a PDF for free?
- Cropping a PDF trims the margins or unwanted edges of pages, so scans and oversized layouts fit cleanly on screen and in print. On Arthize it's free with no watermark, and the file is deleted after the job — which is why designers and creative teams can use it for proofs without a confidentiality risk.
- Is it private to crop a PDF sensitive proofs?
- Yes. Client work and unreleased designs are confidential; private processing keeps proofs off public tools. Files are processed inside your private Arthize workspace and deleted after the job.
- How do I crop the margins of a PDF?
- Cropping a PDF trims the margins or unwanted edges of pages, so scans and oversized layouts fit cleanly on screen and in print. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.
- Can I crop every page of a PDF at once?
- Cropping a PDF trims the margins or unwanted edges of pages, so scans and oversized layouts fit cleanly on screen and in print. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.
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