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PDFsam Basic
The free app to split, merge, extract, rotate and mix PDF files.
Free and open source, no sign-up
- No watermarks, no limits
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- No Internet connection required
- Since 2006
Split and merge PDF files, free and open source
PDFsam (PDF Split and Merge) is a free, open-source desktop app to split, merge, extract, rotate and mix PDF files. Your files never leave your computer.
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Files stay private on your computer -
No watermarks, no limits -
Free and open source
Trusted PDF software since 2006
Open source, no watermarks, no limits, and your files never leave your computer.
Merge, split and edit PDF files, we've got you covered
Pick the right version for you
Best value
PDFsam Visual
More than 25 tools to visually organize pages, compress, crop, clean metadata, flatten, resize and more.
14-day free trial, no sign-up to try
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- 25+ tools
- One-time or subscription
Most powerful
PDFsam Enhanced
The complete PDF editor to edit, annotate, create and fill forms, convert, sign and much more.
Free PDF viewer and virtual printer, registration required
- Powerful PDF editor
- Converts to Office formats
- OCR
- Windows
PDFsam Basic, free PDF split and merge
PDFsam Basic works entirely on your computer, no Internet required, no file uploads, no watermarks and no file size limit. Merge PDF files, split them, extract pages, rotate them. Mix two files taking pages alternatively from each, the tool to use if you have a single-sided scanner.
- Merge
- Merge PDF files, select the pages, merge bookmarks and interactive forms
- Split
- Split a PDF file at given page numbers, at given bookmarks level or in files of a given size
- Extract from PDF
- Keep only the pages you need and save them as a new PDF file
- Rotate
- Rotate PDF files, every page or just the selected pages
- Mix
- Merge PDF files taking pages alternatively from one and the other
PDFsam Visual, more than 25 tools to organize, compress, split PDF files and more
Compress a PDF that is too big to email or a whole batch of them at once. Delete or extract just the pages you need, crop away the margins, split a PDF every time the invoice number changes, protect a file with AES 256 encryption, clean its metadata before you share it. PDFsam Visual has more than 25 tools. It runs on your computer and your files are not uploaded anywhere. Available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Try it free for 14 days.
- Compress
- Reduce the PDF file size
- Organize pages
- Rearrange pages, move them, rotate them or combine PDF files dragging and dropping pages from multiple PDF files
- Split by text
- Split PDF files at pages where text in a selected area changes
- Delete
- Visually select the pages you want to remove from a PDF file
- Crop
- Crop PDF files by drawing the rectangular area you want to keep
- Images to PDF
- Convert image files to PDF
- Clean PDF
- Remove metadata and annotations before you share a file
- Split
- Split PDF files visually selecting pages to split at, or split at given bookmarks level or in files of a given size
- Convert to grayscale
- Convert text and images of a PDF file to grayscale
- Multiple pages per sheet
- Arrange multiple pages on a single sheet (N-up)
- Validate PDF/A
- Check whether a PDF meets the PDF/A archiving standard
- Resize PDF
- Change the size of the pages
- More
- Encrypt or decrypt, extract pages, rotate, merge, mix and extract text
PDFsam Enhanced, a complete PDF editor
PDFsam Enhanced is a complete PDF editor for Windows. Edit text and images, convert, insert and watermark pages, annotate, fill and create forms, add a digital signature and secure your files and more. It is free to view and create PDFs from 300+ file formats, registration required.
- Create
- Make a PDF for free from Word, Excel, images, scans and 300+ other formats
- Edit PDF
- Change the text and images directly in the PDF, no need to export or convert it first
- Convert
- Turn a PDF into an editable Word, Excel or PowerPoint file or into images
- OCR
- Turn scanned pages and images into text you can select, search and edit
- Fillable forms
- Build fillable forms with fields, checkboxes and buttons, then import and export the data
- Secure & sign
- Lock a PDF with AES 256 encryption, set permissions and add a certificate-based signature
- Annotate
- Add sticky notes, stamps, highlights or compare two PDFs to see what changed
- Insert & watermark
- Add watermarks, headers, footers and page numbers or insert pages, images and links
- View
- Read PDF, ePub and comic book files (.cbr, .cbz)