How to Rotate PDF Pages Online
Fix the orientation of your PDF pages with PDF Play. Our free online Rotate PDF tool lets you rotate all pages in a PDF by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Upload your PDF, select the rotation angle, click Convert Now, and download the corrected document. This is the quickest way to fix pages that were scanned upside down, sideways, or at the wrong angle without needing to rescan the entire document.
Why Rotate PDF Pages?
Scanned documents frequently end up with incorrect page orientation. A document scanned in landscape mode might appear sideways when opened, or a page scanned upside down needs to be flipped 180 degrees. Rather than rescanning the document, which may not always be possible, our Rotate PDF tool lets you fix the orientation digitally in seconds. This is also useful for adjusting PDFs received from others that have inconsistent page orientations, or for changing landscape pages to portrait and vice versa.
Common Rotation Scenarios
Exporters often receive scanned shipping documents, inspection certificates, and trade paperwork with incorrect orientations. Our tool fixes these issues instantly. Office workers rotate scanned meeting notes and receipts that were placed on the scanner at the wrong angle. Students fix lecture slides and study materials that display sideways on their screens. Architects and engineers rotate landscape blueprints and technical drawings to the correct viewing orientation. The tool applies the rotation to every page in the document uniformly.
Rotation Options Explained
Our tool offers three rotation options. Rotating 90 degrees clockwise turns pages from portrait to landscape or corrects pages that are tilted to the left. Rotating 180 degrees flips pages that are completely upside down. Rotating 270 degrees clockwise (equivalent to 90 degrees counter-clockwise) corrects pages that are tilted to the right. All pages in the document are rotated by the same amount. The rotation is permanent and saved into the output PDF file.
Tips for Rotating PDFs
Before rotating, open your PDF to determine which rotation angle is needed. If only some pages need rotation while others are correct, consider using our Split PDF tool to extract the pages that need rotation, rotate them separately, and then use Merge PDF to combine everything back together. After rotation, review the output to confirm all pages are oriented correctly. Our tool supports PDF files up to 50 MB. The rotation process preserves all content, formatting, and image quality from the original document.