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Run several PDF tools in one pass

Build a list of steps once, then run it over as many PDFs as you like. Save it, export it, or share it as a link that carries the steps and nothing else.

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Doing the same few steps to a folder of PDFs? Run several tools in one pass

About this tool

A recipe is a short list of steps you set up once and then run over as many PDFs as you like. Strip the hidden data, stamp a header, shrink the file, hand everything back as one zip, all in a single pass over fifty documents, instead of opening four tools and repeating yourself fifty times. Every tool here already accepts more than one file at a time. A recipe is what lets you combine them and, more usefully, keep the combination for the next time the same job comes round.

You build it as a list, not a diagram. Add a step, fill in its settings, move it up or down, and each row shows what it will actually do rather than what you typed: a Bates step reads ABC-000001. Some orders are refused on purpose, with the reason: Protect has to be last, because nothing can read an encrypted file after it, and a compression mode that turns pages into pictures can't run after OCR, because it would throw away the searchable text OCR had just finished adding.

Recipes are kept in your browser rather than on a server, because there is no server here to keep them on. Your documents are processed on your own machine and are never uploaded; the recipe itself is a few kilobytes of settings that stays on your device. You can export one as a file to keep or move, or share it as a link. The link carries the recipe in the part of a web address that browsers never transmit, so passing a recipe to a colleague still means we host nothing and see nothing.

Frequently asked questions

Are my PDFs uploaded when I run a recipe?
No. Every step runs inside this browser tab on your own machine, exactly as the individual tools do. You can confirm it in your browser’s network panel: no request carries your document. The site’s Content-Security-Policy blocks the page from sending files anywhere at all.
Does a recipe store the password for the Protect step?
Never. A recipe holds the settings (the encryption strength and which permissions to allow), but no password is ever written into it, so none can end up in your browser storage, an exported file, or a shared link. You are asked for the password each time you run the recipe, before any file is processed.
Where are my saved recipes kept, and can I lose them?
On this device, in your browser’s local storage, alongside your recent files. Clearing site data removes them, and they do not follow you to another browser or another computer. If a recipe matters, export it: the file is a few hundred bytes and imports back in one click.
How many PDFs can one run handle?
Up to 100 files per run, the same ceiling every batch tool here uses. Files are processed one at a time so memory stays flat no matter how long the list is, and each row shows which step it is on while it works.
Can I send a recipe to a colleague?
Yes, as a link or as an exported file. Worth knowing before you do: the recipe travels complete, so anything you typed into it travels too. If a header stamp contains a matter number or a client name, whoever holds the link can read it. The link never opens someone else’s documents and never runs on its own: it shows them the steps and waits.
What can go in a recipe?
The tools that take a PDF and give back a PDF: sanitize, flatten, remove annotations, strip metadata, compress, header and footer, page numbers, Bates numbering, resize, crop, OCR, and protect. Tools that produce a different kind of file, such as PDF to Word, and tools that need you to work on the page by hand, such as the editor, are not steps.

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