When merging PDFs helps
Many forms only take one upload: a visa or mortgage application that wants all your bank statements in one file, a job portal that allows a single attachment, or an accountant who prefers one document per month. Merging also makes emailing simpler – one file instead of eight attachments that arrive in the wrong order.
How it works
- Choose your PDFs. You can pick several at once, or add more afterwards – they are added to the end of the list.
- Use the ↑ and ↓ buttons to put them in the order you want; ✕ removes one.
- Type a name for the new file and press Merge and download.
Every page of every file is copied as it is – text stays selectable, links keep working and nothing is re-compressed, so the quality does not change. The merged file is roughly the size of the originals added together.
Worked example: three monthly bank statements of 4, 5 and 3 pages (August, September, October) become one 12-page PDF, with August first. If September was added by mistake before August, press ↑ on August once and it moves to the top before you merge.
Files that will not merge
- Password-protected PDFs: the tool cannot open a locked file. Open it in your PDF reader with the password and save or print a copy without one, then add that copy.
- Damaged files: if a file will not open in your normal PDF reader either, it cannot be merged.
- Very large files: everything happens in your device's memory, so hundreds of megabytes on an older phone may be slow. A computer copes better.
Privacy
Most free PDF websites upload your documents to their servers. This one does not: the merging is done by a small program running in your browser, and the page does not send the files anywhere.