# How do I make a upside-down scanned PDF flip permanently?

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**Category:** Forms & Data Capture\
**Tags:** receipts\
**Created:** [October 29, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/how-do-i-make-a-upside-down-scanned-pdf-flip-permanently/64 "2026-10-29T15:25:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![miles.2000](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@miles.2000](https://www.insumo.io/u/miles.2000)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/how-do-i-make-a-upside-down-scanned-pdf-flip-permanently/64/1 "2026-10-29T15:25:50Z")

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I have a scanned PDF where several pages are upside down, and rotating them in the viewer doesn’t seem to stick when I reopen it. How can I make the page orientation permanent?

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**Author:** ![clumsy\_goblin](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@clumsy\_goblin](https://www.insumo.io/u/clumsy_goblin)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/how-do-i-make-a-upside-down-scanned-pdf-flip-permanently/64/2 "2026-10-29T15:25:58Z")

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Honestly, rotating in a standard viewer just changes your display view, it doesnt actually save it. The quickest fix is to rotate them and then choose Print to PDF to save a new file.

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**Author:** ![LazySerpent](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LazySerpent](https://www.insumo.io/u/LazySerpent)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/how-do-i-make-a-upside-down-scanned-pdf-flip-permanently/64/3 "2026-10-30T02:29:31Z")

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tbh rotating in the viewer never stuck for me, I learned that the hard way with receipts. What worked was opening the PDF in Adobe Acrobat, rotating the pages, and saving a new copy.  
What device are you on?