PDFNest
All your PDF tools, in one tidy nest.
PDFNest is a friendly little Windows app for everyday PDF jobs. It runs on your own PC, works offline and costs nothing.
Eight everyday PDF tools
Choose your files, pick a tool and press the button. Results are saved in a folder on your PC.
- PDF to ImagesSave each page as a PNG or JPG.
- PDF to TextCopy the text out of a PDF into a .txt file.
- Images to PDFTurn JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF or WEBP images into one PDF.
- Text to PDFTurn .txt, .md or .csv files into printable PDFs.
- Merge PDFsJoin several PDFs in the order you choose.
- Split PDFSplit a PDF into pages, or extract a range such as 3–7.
- Compress PDFRemove duplicate and unused data to make a file smaller. Quality is not reduced.
- Rotate PDFTurn all pages or selected pages by 90°, 180° or 270°.
PDFNest does not edit text inside PDFs, fill forms, add signatures or read scanned text (OCR).
Before you download
Everything about the file, in one place.
- File name
- PDFNest.exe
- File size
- 16.5 MB (17,321,984 bytes)
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Publisher
- PDFNest Ltd
- Supported OS
- Windows 10 and Windows 11, 64-bit
- Price
- Free. No paid version.
- Installer
- Optional. Run PDFNest.exe directly (no install step), or use the Windows installer for a Start Menu shortcut and one-click uninstall.
- Admin rights
- Not needed, either way
- Internet
- Only to download. The app works offline.
- Bundled software
- None. No toolbars, extensions or other programs.
- Code signature
- Not yet code-signed
- Downloaded from
- www.pdfnest.com/PDFNest.exe
- SHA-256 checksum
FE158D7986C25D594FA97BD2BB54A045ABC27DED325F3BC3838BF8EBFA21249C
Read before downloading: Terms & Conditions · EULA · Privacy Policy · Refund Policy · Uninstall instructions
Permissions PDFNest uses
PDFNest runs as a normal program under your own Windows account. Windows will not ask for administrator approval.
- Files you choose. It opens only the files you add by dragging them in or using “browse”.
- One output folder. It saves results to
Documents\PDFNest, or to another folder you choose. - A small app cache. The app window keeps its data in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PDFNest. - Your installed fonts. Text to PDF uses fonts already on your PC. For a few scripts such as Hindi or Thai it may use the Microsoft Edge already installed on your PC, offline, with a temporary profile that is deleted afterwards.
- No internet use. The app does not upload files, check for updates or send any data.
- No system changes. Running PDFNest.exe directly makes no changes at all. The optional installer only adds a Start Menu/desktop shortcut and a single anonymous install id — no startup entries, services, scheduled tasks, or browser/search changes.
Pricing
PDFNest is free for personal and business use.
- All eight tools are included, with no limits on files or pages.
- No watermarks, no ads and no account.
- No paid upgrade or in-app purchases. We never ask for card details.
Because PDFNest is free there is nothing to refund. See the Refund Policy if anyone has charged you for it.
What happens after you download
PDFNest has no installer. Here is exactly what happens.
- Your browser saves PDFNest.exeThe file goes to your Downloads folder. Nothing runs until you open it.
- You open PDFNest.exeWindows may show a SmartScreen notice while the file is not yet code-signed. Choose “More info”, then “Run anyway”, if you downloaded it from www.pdfnest.com.
- The PDFNest window opensIt creates
Documents\PDFNestfor your results and a small cache in%LOCALAPPDATA%\PDFNest. Nothing else is added: no Start menu entry, desktop shortcut or startup item. (Using the optional installer instead adds a Start Menu shortcut, which the uninstaller removes cleanly.) - You close it when you're doneIt does not keep running in the background. To use it again, open PDFNest.exe.
How to uninstall
PDFNest doesn't install anything, so removing it takes about a minute.
- Close PDFNest.
- Delete PDFNest.exe from where you saved it, usually Downloads.
- Delete the folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\PDFNest. Paste that path into the File Explorer address bar to find it.
- Optional: delete Documents\PDFNest if you no longer need your converted files.
Who makes PDFNest
PDFNest is owned and published by PDFNest Ltd. The same name appears on this site and in every legal page.
- Company
- PDFNest Ltd
- Registered
- Companies House, England and Wales
Company No. 00000000 - VAT
- GB 000 0000 00
- Address
- Suite 6, 81 Sample Road
Manchester
M1 0XX
United Kingdom
View on Google Maps - info@pdfnest.com
- Phone
- +44 161 496 0275
Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00 UK time
Give your PDFs a home
Free PDF software for Windows by PDFNest Ltd.