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 pagesMerge PDFCombine PDFs and imagesSplit PDFExtract pages, one or manyDelete PagesRemove unwanted pagesRotate PDFFix orientation, one or manyCompress PDFReduce file size, one or manyPDF to WordWord, DOC or plain textPDF to JPGAll pages or selected pages to JPGJPG to PDFPhotos and scans into one PDFView MetadataInspect propertiesEdit MetadataSet fields, one or manyRemove 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.
Combine PDFs, images and notes into one PDFPut PDFs, photos, text notes and tables into one document. Choose the order, check the pages and download without uploading your files.ReadFix sideways and upside-down PDF pagesRotate one PDF page, several selected pages or a batch of documents. See the change before downloading a copy that stays the right way up.ReadRemove, extract and rearrange PDF pagesChoose the right tool to delete unwanted pages, save a few pages separately or rearrange a PDF. Follow the previews through to the downloaded result.ReadCan you see a PDF’s edit history?What saved versions reveal, how to download them, and why one version proves very little.ReadFind hidden information before sharing a PDFLook for names in comments, photo location data and attached files.ReadWhat 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.ReadCreator vs ProducerTwo fields that look interchangeable and are not. Creator names the program you wrote in; Producer names the one that wrote the PDF.ReadCan 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.ReadA 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.ReadWhat’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.