Shel Extensions Lab
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Rotate PDF

Open a file and rotate PDF pages right in the browser: a pdf rotator that fixes sideways scans and saves the corrected copy.

Drop a PDF into the window and every page shows up as a thumbnail: turn one sheet, a ticked selection or the whole document, then download the corrected copy. The rotation is written into the file itself, so the document opens the same way on a colleague's screen. Nothing is uploaded — there is no server, no account and no upload step, so a payslip or a medical form stays on your disk.

How it works

  1. Open the extension and pick a PDF from your computer.
  2. Click the arrows to rotate pages left, right or by 180 degrees.
  3. Press Save and the rotated document lands in your downloads folder.

What you get

  • One page, a ticked selection or the whole document — the same single click
  • 90° clockwise, 90° counter-clockwise and 180° for the sheet that went in upside down
  • The rotation is written into the file, not into a viewer setting
  • Thumbnails large enough to read the page number before you turn it
  • Page size, text and links survive the rotation, so nothing needs a redo
  • The original stays untouched: you always download a new copy

Screenshots

Rotate PDF — screen 1
Rotate PDF — screen 2
Rotate PDF — screen 3

Questions

Does the file leave my computer?
No. The document is read and rewritten inside your own browser: no server, no account, no upload step.
Can I rotate a single page instead of all of them?
Yes. Every page has its own control, so one sheet can end up at 90 degrees while its neighbour stays as it was.
Will it straighten a scan that is tilted by a couple of degrees?
No. Rotation works in clean 90-degree steps; a small tilt is a job for a scanning app.

Install it

Free, no account, works right after install.

Add to Chrome — free