PDF tools, and which one you need

Runs on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

Every one of these runs inside your browser, on your own device. Pick one below, or work out which you need from the list further down. All tools groups the same set by category.

Organize PDFRearrange, delete & add pages Merge PDFCombine PDFs and images Split PDFExtract pages, one or many Delete PagesRemove unwanted pages Rotate PDFFix orientation, one or many Compress PDFReduce file size, one or many PDF to WordWord, DOC or plain text PDF to JPGAll pages or selected pages to JPG JPG to PDFPhotos and scans into one PDF View MetadataInspect properties Edit MetadataSet fields, one or many Remove MetadataStrip hidden data, in batches

Which tool do I need?

Find the job, not the jargon.

I have several PDFs and need one file: Merge them in the order you choose. Merge PDF
I only need a few pages out of a long document: Split by range, or pick pages individually. Split PDF
The file is too big to email: Compress it, and see the result before committing. Compress PDF
Pages are sideways or upside down: Rotate any page, or the whole document at once. Rotate PDF
The pages are in the wrong order: Reorder, duplicate or delete pages on one canvas. Organize PDF
I need to edit the text somewhere else: Convert to Word, or take the plain text on its own. PDF to Word
I need the pages as pictures: Render every page to a JPG at the resolution you pick. PDF to JPG
I have photos or scans to turn into a document: Combine JPG and PNG images into one PDF. JPG to PDF
There are pages I want gone: Pick them off by thumbnail or by range. Delete Pages
I want to see what a file says about me first: Read the properties, the XMP and the EXIF inside its images. View Metadata
I need to know what changed between saves: Trace revisions, historical objects, active content and signed byte ranges. View Metadata
I am about to share this and want it clean: See what the file reveals, then strip it. Remove Metadata

Understanding what is in a PDF

The parts of a document that are easy to forget are there.

What is PDF metadata?The fields a PDF can carry — title, author, dates, the software that made it — and which of them travel with a file you share.Read Creator vs ProducerTwo fields that look interchangeable and are not. Creator names the program you wrote in; Producer names the one that wrote the PDF.Read Can a PDF reveal its author?What a document actually gives away about who made it, why it is weaker evidence than people assume, and how to strip it before sharing.Read A free alternative to Adobe Acrobat SanitizeWhat a browser tool measurably removes, set against what Adobe documents Sanitize Document as doing — and the four things Acrobat does that it does not attempt.Read What’s hidden inside a PDF?Metadata, earlier saves and the other information a page preview cannot show.Read

Why the difference matters

Not a policy we promise to follow — a consequence of where the work happens.

How most online PDF tools work

Your file is uploaded to a server you know nothing about.
It is processed there, and you wait in a queue behind other people.
A copy exists on that server, under a retention policy you have to trust.
Size caps and daily limits exist because their compute costs them money.

How Lyonite works

Your browser opens the file where it already is. There is no upload.
The work happens on your own machine, so there is no queue.
No copy exists anywhere else, because none was ever sent.
No daily quota; device-aware safety limits prevent browser crashes on oversized work.

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