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Reorder pages in a PDF

Rearrange a PDF as easily as moving cards in a deck.

  1. 1.Open your PDF.
  2. 2.Drag thumbnails up or down in the sidebar.
  3. 3.Save PDF when satisfied.

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About this tool

Reordering here is plain drag and drop. Every page shows up as a thumbnail in the sidebar; grab one, drop it where it belongs, and the rest slide over and renumber themselves. No page indexes, no range strings to type. The order you see is the order you get.

It's the fix for an appendix that landed in front of the executive summary, chapters that need shuffling in a book proof, or a cover sheet that belongs at the front of a scanned stack. It also pairs naturally with merge and split. A lot of real work goes: merge a few files, drag things into order, save.

The tool rewrites the PDF's page tree directly, so the saved file is the same thing you'd get by re-exporting from the original app in the new order. Bookmarks keep pointing at the right pages, and printing follows the new order with no extra settings.

Frequently asked questions

Can I reorder more than one page at a time?
Yes. Shift-click for a range or ctrl-click for individual pages, then drag the selection. The whole block moves together.
Will internal links and bookmarks still work after reordering?
Yes. Links target pages by reference rather than by number, so they follow their page wherever it goes.
Can I reorder using a list of numbers instead of drag-and-drop?
Not yet. Dragging is the only way right now. The sidebar scrolls smoothly though, so even long-distance moves in big documents are manageable.
Does reordering re-encode the page contents?
No. Only the page-tree references change. Images and fonts are copied byte for byte, so nothing loses quality.
What if I want to reverse a whole document?
Use the Reverse PDF tool, which flips the whole page order in one step. Dragging works for a handful of pages, but for a full document the dedicated tool is faster.

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