How to Combine, Reorder, and Password-Protect PDF Pages Online

Merging two PDFs, dropping a couple of pages, fixing the order, and locking the result with a password used to mean four different tools -- or one desktop app you had to install. Here's how to do all of it in one pass, entirely in your browser.

One page grid instead of four separate tools

Add one or more PDFs (or photos) to Scanquil's PDF Editor, and every page from every file you added shows up as a thumbnail in one grid -- not as separate documents you have to juggle. From there, dragging a thumbnail reorders it, a click rotates it 90° at a time, and a click deletes it.

This is also how "combining specific pages from two different PDFs" works: add both files, then just delete the pages you don't want from either one and drag the rest into the order you want. There's no separate merge step -- the page grid already is the combined document.

Pulling pages out instead of combining them

The same page-selection you'd use to delete pages also works the other way: check the pages you want, and "Extract selected as new PDF" saves just those pages as their own file, without touching your original working document. Useful for pulling three pages out of a fifty-page report without rebuilding anything by hand.

Watermarks, page numbers, and passwords

Before downloading, you can add a watermark (a company name, "DRAFT", whatever text you need stamped across every page), turn on page numbering, and set a password -- all three are optional and independent of each other.

The password protection uses standard PDF encryption (RC4 128-bit), which every PDF reader supports -- real password protection, though not the newest AES-256 standard some paid tools offer. It's applied entirely on your device; the password never goes anywhere.

What this tool doesn't do

Worth being upfront about: this edits pages, not the text already inside them. PDFs don't store text the way a Word document does, so retyping a sentence that's already printed on a page isn't something this tool -- or realistically any browser-based tool -- can do reliably. If you need to fix wording inside an existing PDF, your best bet is usually finding the original source document and re-exporting it.

Frequently asked questions

Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?

No. The whole editor runs in your browser, on your own device -- nothing is sent to a server, including the password if you set one.

Can I combine pages from more than two PDFs?

Yes -- add as many PDFs or images as you need; every page from every file lands in the same working grid.

Does extracting pages remove them from my working document?

No -- extracting saves a copy as a new PDF and leaves your working document untouched. Use the delete button if you actually want to remove pages.

Does this work on mobile?

Yes -- it works in any modern browser on a phone, tablet, or desktop, with no app to install.

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