Reorder the pages of a PDF

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Short answer

To rearrange PDF pages, drag the thumbnails into the order you want. Every page appears as one you can move, with a one-click reverse for documents scanned back to front. The rearranged file is built in your browser and your original is never modified.

Next step

Delete pages from a PDF Rotate PDF pages Merge PDF files

Doing more than one thing?

The full editor puts every operation in one workspace with undo, so you are not exporting and re-opening between each step. Same engine, same privacy, still nothing uploaded.

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Why this one does not upload your file

Almost every free reorder the pages of a pdf tool works by sending your document to a server, doing the work there, and sending a result back. That is a cost decision rather than a privacy one — server time costs money, which is why those tools meter you, ask for an account, or cap your file size.

This one runs the same work in your browser using JavaScript, so your file never travels anywhere. There is no upload step, no queue, no account, and no page limit — and the page keeps working if you disconnect from the internet partway through.

You do not have to take that on trust. Open your browser's network tab and watch while you work, or read how it works.

What happens to your file

It is read from your disk into this tab's memory
Every change happens on your own processor
The result is built in memory, reopened and checked before you are offered it
Your original file is never modified
Closing the tab releases everything — nothing is stored

Questions

Straight answers

How do I reorder pages in a PDF?

Open the file, drag the thumbnails into the order you want, and download. Reordering pages in a PDF does not need installed software: the new file is assembled in your browser from the pages of the old one, so nothing is uploaded and the original stays as it was.

How do I move PDF pages around without installing anything?

Open the file here and drag the thumbnails. Moving pages around is the same operation as reordering them — different words for one thing — and it needs no installed software, because the rearranging happens in the browser tab you already have open.

What is the difference between rearranging and extracting pages?

Rearranging keeps every page and changes their order. Extracting keeps only the pages you pick and discards the rest. If you want the same document in a different sequence, this is the tool; if you want a shorter document, extract pages is.

Can I reverse a document scanned backwards?

Yes — there is a reverse button, which is the usual fix for a stack fed through a scanner the wrong way round.

Does reordering lose anything?

No. Pages are copied whole, so text, images, form fields and annotations move with them.

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Everything else, also free

Merge PDFAdd two or more PDFs, drag them into the order you want, and press Merge. Split PDFOpen your PDF, choose how many pages each output file should contain, and press Split. Compress PDFOpen your PDF and choose a quality level. Rotate PDFOpen your PDF, turn every page at once or click individual pages to rotate just those, then download. Delete pagesOpen your PDF, click the pages you want gone, and download the result. Extract pagesOpen your PDF and either type a range such as 3-7, or click the pages you want in the grid. PDF to JPGOpen your PDF, pick a resolution and image format, and every page is rendered to an image in your browser. Images to PDFAdd your images, drag them into order, choose a page size, and they become a single PDF built in your browser.

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