Rearrange PDF - Frequently Asked Questions

The Rearrange PDF tool lets you reorganise the pages of a PDF visually. You can:

• Drag page thumbnails into any order.
• Delete pages you do not need.
• Duplicate pages you want more than once.
• Reverse the whole document, or reset to the original order.

Add your PDF, then drag any thumbnail to its new position. The other pages move to make room. Any order is possible, for example 5, 1, 3, 2, 4. If a scan came out backwards, Reverse Order flips all pages in one click.

Each thumbnail has Delete and Duplicate buttons. A duplicate appears straight after the original and is an exact copy of the page. At least one page must remain, so you cannot delete every page.

Yes. Before downloading, click Reset Order to bring back all the original pages in their original order.

Yes. "Process locally (no upload)" is switched on by default. Your PDF is rearranged in your browser and never leaves your device. Local mode works best with files under about 100 MB.

For very large PDFs, or on a slower device, switch local mode off. The file is then uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our server and deleted afterwards.

No. Pages are copied as they are. Text, images and page sizes stay exactly as in the original.

This tool works on one PDF at a time. To combine pages from several files, use Merge PDF, which also lets you choose and reorder pages, or merge first and then rearrange the result here.

Not directly. Remove the password first with Unlock PDF (you need to know the password), then rearrange the unlocked file.

Yes. It works in modern browsers on Android phones, iPhones and tablets. Press and hold a thumbnail to drag it. Documents with many pages are easier to manage on a larger screen.

In local mode, which is the default, your PDF never leaves your device. In server mode, the file is kept only temporarily to create your new PDF and is then deleted. We never sell or share your documents.