PDF Tools
PDF tools: merge, split, organize, compress, and convert
Merge, split, reorder, rotate, unlock, compress, and convert PDFs online. Free ConvertBrio PDF tools with no sign-up; files are deleted within about 24 hours.
PDFs are meant to look the same everywhere, which also makes them awkward to change. These tools cover the jobs people actually run into: combining several files, pulling pages apart, putting pages in the right order, shrinking a file to fit an upload limit, and turning pages into images or images into pages.
Every tool runs in your browser session on ConvertBrio's servers, works on files up to 100 MB, and needs no account. Pick the task below, or follow one of the workflows if your job takes more than one step.
All pdf tools
- Merge PDFCombine multiple PDFs into a single document.
- Split PDFSplit a PDF into individual pages.
- Compress PDFReduce PDF file size (best-effort: image re-encoding and metadata cleanup).
- Rotate PDFRotate every page of a PDF by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.
- Unlock PDFRemove owner-password restrictions from a PDF you have the right to edit.
- Add Page NumbersStamp sequential page numbers onto every page of a PDF.
- PDF to JPGExport every PDF page as a JPG image.
- PDF to PNGExport every PDF page as a PNG image.
- OCR PDFMake scanned PDFs searchable with text recognition.
- PDF to WordConvert a PDF into an editable Word document, preserving paragraphs, bold/italic, headings, simple tables, and images (complex multi-column layouts may not match exactly).
- Compress PDF to a Size LimitShrink a PDF to fit under a maximum size in KB or MB, with the achieved size shown.
- PDF Page OrganizerSee every page as a thumbnail, then reorder, rotate, or delete pages.
- Metadata RemoverStrip hidden metadata such as GPS location, camera details, and author names from images, PDFs, and Office files.
Which PDF tool should I use?
Use Merge PDF to join files and Split PDF to separate every page. If you need to keep only some pages, change their order, or fix a sideways page, the PDF Page Organizer lets you see each page first. For size limits, Compress PDF applies one standard level, while Compress PDF to a Size Limit works toward a KB or MB target and reports the size it reached.
Recommended workflows
Prepare a PDF for an upload with a size limit
- Remove pages you don't need with the visual organizer. PDF Page Organizer
- Shrink it to the exact limit the form allows. Compress PDF to a Size Limit
Turn phone photos into one PDF
- Combine the photos into a single PDF. JPG to PDF
- Reduce the size if it's too large to email. Compress PDF
Assemble a report from several documents
- Merge the separate PDFs in order. Merge PDF
- Add page numbers to the finished document. Add Page Numbers
Guides
- How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF (Reports, Theses, Contracts)
Page numbers matter more in a PDF than most formatting details: here's when they're expected, and how to stamp them onto a document that doesn't have them.
- How to Combine Multiple Photos Into One PDF File
Turning several photos of receipts, documents, or pages into a single PDF, and why that's usually better than sending separate image files.
- How to Compress a PDF to a Specific Size (100 KB, 500 KB, 2 MB)
Portals and forms often cap a PDF at an exact size. Here's how to get a document under 100 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB, or 2 MB without deleting pages you need.
- How to Compress a PDF Without Losing Quality
Why PDFs get bloated, what actually shrinks them, and how to reduce file size without making text blurry or images unreadable.
- PDF Password Restrictions Explained: Open Passwords vs. Permission Passwords
PDFs have two different kinds of password protection that do very different things. Knowing the difference explains what you can and can't unlock.