How to rearrange the pages of a PDF
- Open your PDF. Tap Choose a PDF or drop the file anywhere on the page. Every page appears as a thumbnail in its current order.
- Drag, rotate, delete. Drag pages where they belong — the grid reflows as you go. Use ⟲ and ⟳ to fix sideways pages and ✕ to remove ones you don't need (Undo has your back).
- Download the rebuilt file. Hit Download reordered PDF. The file is rebuilt on your device with your order and rotations baked in, and text stays selectable.
What it does
- Drag real page thumbnails into a new order with smooth live reflow
- Rotate any page left or right — sideways scans fixed in one tap
- Delete pages with a six-second Undo, and Reset to start over
- Keyboard support: Space picks a page up, arrow keys move it, Space drops it
- Pages are copied, never re-rendered — text stays selectable in the output
- Opens password-protected PDFs when you type the password — it never leaves the page
Rearranging pages shouldn't mean uploading the document
Page order problems come from real life: a duplex scanner that emptied the feeder backwards, a phone scan where page three got captured twice, a contract that needs its signature page moved to the front. The usual fix — an "online PDF organizer" — starts by taking your file onto someone else's server. This tool does the whole job in your browser: the file opens in memory on your device, you rearrange real thumbnails, and the rebuilt PDF downloads straight back.
Direct manipulation, not arrow buttons
You drag the actual pages. The grid reflows live as you move them, so the thumbnail order on screen is always exactly the page order you'll download — no mental bookkeeping, no "move up" clicked four times. Rotation is one tap per quarter turn and shows immediately. Deleting is just as direct, with a six-second Undo because everyone eventually deletes the wrong page.
Why the output keeps its quality
The rebuilt file is made by copying page objects into a new document and recording rotation as a page property — the same way desktop PDF editors do it. Nothing is rendered to pixels, so text stays selectable and searchable, vector graphics stay sharp at any zoom, and images keep their original compression. The output is typically about the same size as the input.
Honest limitations
Rebuilding drops bookmarks, internal links and interactive form fields — if the document depends on those, use a desktop editor. Rotation fixes orientation, not skew: a page scanned at a slight angle needs re-scanning (the document scanner tool on this site can help). And once your pages are in order, finding the document again next tax season is the part software usually forgets — that is what the Paperlock app is for: a private, searchable vault on your iPhone.