How do I uncrop a PDF in Preview?

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How do I uncrop a PDF in Preview?

I cropped a single page PDF to be able to print a portion of it, and now I'm having trouble seeing the whole page again when I reopen it in preview. Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 3, 2011 11:59 AM

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Mark V F

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Feb 28, 2016 7:04 AM in response to Ian on iTunes

Maybe it's available via the prior versions saved by the OS. Try File/Revert To/Browse All Versions .../.

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ichingboy Author

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Nov 3, 2011 12:05 PM in response to ichingboy

I found a solution! Zoom out so you can have what would be the whole page in view. Use the selection tool to select an area at least as big as the original page. Recrop the image to the new selection, and voilà! The page will be back to the original size. Seems like it would be nice to have the option restore the page to the original dimensions somehow.

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Legolasz

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Jul 12, 2014 3:58 PM in response to ichingboy

Thanks for posting this! You made my day!

Very non-intuitive, and far from perfect (having to remember how big the original page was relative to the current cropped pdf) but it works !

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Nov 22, 2015 6:35 AM in response to ichingboy

It's been four years since this was posted and it appears now that this does not work for me on El Capitan. Unfortunately, I can't just do undo as I saved the file and quit the app. I found a more recent post which suggests it's not just me.

Uncropping in Preview

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