How to reorder pages in a PDF
Organize PDF shows your document as thumbnails and lets you move each page earlier or later until the order is right. You then download a copy with the pages in their new positions.
It is the usual fix when the scanner fed the sheets in the wrong order, when you merged several files and an appendix ended up in the middle, or when you want the summary at the front.
Step by step
- Upload the PDF with Choose PDF or drag it into the upload area.
- On each thumbnail, use the Move page earlier and Move page later arrows to change its position.
- Tap a thumbnail to see it large and check its content.
- When the order is right, apply the changes and download the result.
Which tool to use for what
Here you only change the order: nothing is added or removed. If some pages are not needed, run the file through Delete pages afterwards; if one is sideways, use Rotate PDF. You can chain these from Keep working with this PDF.
To order whole documents before joining them, Merge PDF is faster because it has its own sortable file list.
Quality and limits
Pages are rearranged without being rasterised, so they keep selectable text and their original quality. Documents can have up to 50 pages and 50 MB.
With long documents, check the result in the preview before sending it: it is easy to be off by one position.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I drag and drop pages?
- Pages are moved with the arrows on each thumbnail, one position at a time, which also works well on touch screens.
- Can I reverse the order of a scan?
- Yes, by moving the pages one by one. For long scans it may be quicker to rescan in the right order.
- Are any pages deleted when reordering?
- No. The page count stays the same; only the positions change.
- Do I need an account?
- No. It is free, supported by ads, and does not ask you to sign up.
- Can I reorder pages from several PDFs together?
- Merge them first with Merge PDF, then open the result here and place each page where it belongs. On the result screen, Keep working with this PDF saves you from uploading it again.