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Convert Website to PDF

Capture a live website and download it as a PDF. The capture runs on our server to avoid cross-site restrictions.

Turn Any Website to PDF

The Website to PDF tool loads a public web address in a headless browser, renders the page at a viewport size you set, then saves the result as a PDF document. You paste a link, choose how wide and tall the browser window should be, and the page is captured as it appears when rendered.

This keeps the visual layout intact. Text, images, CSS styling, and background colors are preserved because the page is photographed after it loads, not scraped as raw code.

What Happens During the Conversion

When you submit a link, the request is queued as a background job. A rendering engine opens the address, waits for the content to load, and produces an image of the page. That image is then wrapped into a PDF you can download. Because the work runs in the background, you poll for progress rather than waiting on a frozen screen.

How To Convert a Webpage to PDF

The flow is built around a single link and a few viewport choices. There is nothing to install and no account needed.

  1. Open the Website to PDF tool page.
  2. Paste the full web address, including http:// or https://.
  3. Set the viewport width and height, or leave the 1280 by 720 defaults.
  4. Turn on Full Page if you want the whole scrollable page in one document.
  5. Click the capture button to create the job.
  6. Watch the progress indicator until it shows completion.
  7. Download the finished PDF.

Choosing Viewport Dimensions

Viewport dimensions set the simulated browser window used for rendering, so they control how the page reflows before capture. A wider width shows the desktop layout. A narrow width like 375 pixels triggers the mobile version of most responsive sites. Height matters most when Full Page is off, since it defines how much of the page is visible in a single frame.

Why Save a URL to PDF

A PDF freezes a webpage at a moment in time. The live page can change or disappear, but the captured file stays the same. That makes this format useful for records, review, and sharing with people who should see exactly what you saw.

When To Use Website to PDF Versus HTML Conversion

This tool works from a live address and photographs the rendered result. That is the right choice when you only have a link and want the page as it appears online. If you instead have the source markup of a page on your own machine, converting the code directly gives sharper, selectable text. For that case, use the dedicated HTML to PDF converter .

Limitations To Know Before You Capture

Because the capture happens through a rendering engine, some pages behave differently than they do in your own browser. Content behind a login, paywall, or region block will not appear, since the engine visits the page as an anonymous visitor. Local and private addresses are refused for security.

FAQ

It is an online converter that turns a public web address into a PDF document. You enter a URL, and a rendering engine opens the page in a headless browser, loads its styling and images, then captures the result. That capture is packaged as a PDF you download. It records how a page looks online without needing the site's source files.

Paste the full address, starting with http:// or https://, into the URL field. Set the viewport width and height or keep the defaults, then toggle Full Page if you want the whole scrollable page. Click capture to queue a job, wait for the progress indicator to finish, and download the PDF. The page is rendered and photographed during that background job.

Full Page renders the entire scrollable height of the site, not just the part visible in the viewport window. With it off, the capture stops at the height you set, so long pages get cut. With it on, the engine scrolls through the whole document and stitches everything into one PDF. Use it for articles, feeds, and long landing pages.

Width and height each accept values from 320 to 5000 pixels, with defaults of 1280 by 720. The viewport defines the simulated browser window, which controls how a responsive site reflows. A wide width shows the desktop layout, while a narrow width around 375 pixels usually triggers the mobile version of the same page before it is captured.

The engine visits sites as an anonymous, logged-out visitor. Anything behind a sign-in, paywall, or region restriction will not render, so it cannot be captured. Local and internal addresses such as localhost and private IP ranges are refused for security reasons. If a page needs a login to display its content, you would need to save it from your own signed-in browser instead.

No. This tool captures the page as an image and wraps that image in a PDF, so the text is part of the picture rather than a live text layer. If you need selectable, searchable text from a page, converting its source markup with the HTML to PDF tool produces a document with real text where the markup allows it.

URL to PDF loads a live web address in a browser, renders it, and photographs the result into a PDF image. HTML to PDF takes the raw markup and styles you supply and typesets them directly into pages with selectable text. One works from a link and captures the visual output; the other works from source code and builds a document from it. Choose based on what you have.

Each capture spins up a browser session and renders a full page, which uses real processing time. The 60-second gap between requests keeps that workload balanced so every user gets a fair share of rendering capacity. If you need several pages, capture one, download it, then submit the next after the cooldown clears.

Capture jobs are held only while they process and are automatically deleted after one hour. Download your PDF once the job finishes, since it will not be retained beyond that window. Nothing is kept for the long term, which is why the tool is aimed at on-demand captures rather than a permanent hosted archive of your files.

Each capture handles one URL at a time. To collect several pages into a single file, save each one as a PDF, then combine them with the merge PDF tool . If you later want to drop unwanted pages from that combined file, the organize PDF tool handles page order and removal.

The rendering engine uses the viewport size you set and visits the page without your cookies, extensions, or login. That means personalized content, cookie banners, and location-based layouts can differ from your own view. Adjusting the viewport width to match a desktop or mobile size, and turning on Full Page, usually brings the capture closer to what you expected.

No install and no account are required. The capture runs on the server side after you submit a link, so all you need is a browser to enter the URL and download the result. You can explore the full set of document tools on the tools home page if you want to edit or convert the file afterward.