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Rotate PDF

Every page, or only the ones you name. Saved into the file, not just the viewer.

More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome

How to rotate PDF

  1. Drop the PDF.
  2. Choose the angle, and the pages if not all of them.
  3. Press Rotate and download.

What happens to your file

The rotation is written into each page’s own rotation attribute, which every viewer honours — unlike the "rotate view" button in a reader, which changes nothing in the file.

Content is not re-rendered: text stays selectable and vector drawings stay sharp.

Questions

Why does my scan come out sideways?

The scanner wrote the page in the orientation it was fed. Rotating here fixes the page itself, so it opens correctly everywhere.

Can I rotate only some pages?

Yes — name them in the Pages field, for example "2, 5-7". The rest are left alone.

Is rotating lossless?

Yes. Only a page attribute changes — no pixel is re-encoded, no text re-rendered, and the file size barely moves.

Why does rotating in my PDF reader not stick?

Because most readers rotate the view, not the document. The page still carries its original orientation, so it opens sideways for the next person and prints sideways too. This page writes the rotation into the file itself, which is the thing every viewer reads.

Will it print the right way up?

Yes. Printers read the same page rotation attribute that viewers do, so once it is written into the file the printed page matches what you see.

How would I rotate a PDF in code?

Every serious PDF library exposes the page rotation directly — it is an integer on the page object, a multiple of 90. In pdf-lib it is page.setRotation(degrees(90)); in PyPDF it is page.rotate(90); in a Flutter or Dart project you would reach for a PDF package that exposes the same attribute rather than re-rendering the page. Use this page when it is a one-off, and the library when it belongs in a pipeline.

Can I rotate by 90, 180 or 270?

All three, and they are the only angles a PDF understands. An arbitrary angle would mean re-rendering the page into a new one, which is what the straighten tool does to a scan.

Do it once, not on every form

Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.

And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.

Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.

Filmed from the extension: three upload fields on a job application, filled from one tap.

Add to Chrome — freeWhat it does

Do this in code

curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_id": "<file id>",
    "operation": "pdf.rotate",
    "options": {
      "angle": 90
    }
  }'

The same operation, pdf.rotate — Right-angle rotation, whole document or selected pages. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.