How does Batch processing work on MakeOverPDF?

Run the file-producing tools across many documents and collect the results. MakeOverPDF runs any tool, queued on the server and returns: A status page holding one download per file.

Is Batch processing free and private to use?

Yes. MakeOverPDF requires no user account, watermarks nothing unless you use the watermark tool, and deletes your uploaded document from the private working directory as soon as the request finishes.

What are the file size and page limits for Batch processing?

The batch offers the tools whose whole answer is one file: compress, repair, flatten, optimise images, remove metadata, PDF to text, PDF to Word, PDF to spreadsheet, OCR text extraction and PDF to searchable PDF. Tools that need an answer about a particular document — a page range, a password, a crop rectangle — keep their own pages, because one answer cannot be honest across a folder of documents. Options are each tool's defaults. The checkboxes on a tool's own page (keep the layout, the spreadsheet format) are not asked here; for anything particular, run that tool directly. Up to 20 files, adding up to 100 MiB — the same ceilings every multi-file tool uses, refused before submission with the numbers that caused it. A batch small enough to finish inside the request is finished before the response is sent, so its status page already shows results. A batch over that threshold waits in this server's queue for the worker (php spark makeoverpdf:worker) to drain it, and the page says exactly that while it waits — it never claims work is done that is not. One file failing does not stop the others: the status page shows each file's outcome, and a failure carries the words written for you at the time — never engine output. Your upload is deleted the moment its result exists. A finished result stays on the status page for the retention window (60 minutes by default), then everything the job recorded is deleted with it. No tool that needs a password is offered: a password would have to be written into the queue's database row, which is exactly where a secret should not sit. A password-protected file fails its job with that explanation instead of waiting in the queue.

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Batch processing

Run the file-producing tools across many documents and collect the results.

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Each file becomes a job on this server. A batch small enough to finish inside the request is finished before you land on its status page; a larger one waits there for the worker. Your upload is deleted the moment its result exists — the status page says for how long the results themselves are kept.

What to run Tool The tools offered here are the ones whose whole answer is one file. Anything needing a per-document answer — a page range, a password, a crop rectangle — keeps its own page.

The documents

Choose the PDFs to process Up to 20 bytes files, 100 MB in total — the same ceilings every multi-file tool uses.

You will land on a status page for the batch: what ran, what it produced, and — if anything failed — why, in words.

How to use Batch processing

Select your document: Choose the file you want to process with Batch processing. Your upload is validated immediately against strict format and size limits.
Configure batch processing options: Adjust any page ranges, compression targets, passwords, or layout settings required for your task. Run the file-producing tools across many documents and collect the results.
Run and receive your result: Submit the form to run any tool, queued directly on this server. Output: A status page holding one download per file. Temporary input files are deleted automatically when processing completes.

Frequently asked questions

How does Batch processing work on MakeOverPDF?: Run the file-producing tools across many documents and collect the results. MakeOverPDF runs any tool, queued on the server and returns: A status page holding one download per file.
Is Batch processing free and private to use?: Yes. MakeOverPDF requires no user account, watermarks nothing unless you use the watermark tool, and deletes your uploaded document from the private working directory as soon as the request finishes.
What are the file size and page limits for Batch processing?: The batch offers the tools whose whole answer is one file: compress, repair, flatten, optimise images, remove metadata, PDF to text, PDF to Word, PDF to spreadsheet, OCR text extraction and PDF to searchable PDF. Tools that need an answer about a particular document — a page range, a password, a crop rectangle — keep their own pages, because one answer cannot be honest across a folder of documents. Options are each tool's defaults. The checkboxes on a tool's own page (keep the layout, the spreadsheet format) are not asked here; for anything particular, run that tool directly. Up to 20 files, adding up to 100 MiB — the same ceilings every multi-file tool uses, refused before submission with the numbers that caused it. A batch small enough to finish inside the request is finished before the response is sent, so its status page already shows results. A batch over that threshold waits in this server's queue for the worker (php spark makeoverpdf:worker) to drain it, and the page says exactly that while it waits — it never claims work is done that is not. One file failing does not stop the others: the status page shows each file's outcome, and a failure carries the words written for you at the time — never engine output. Your upload is deleted the moment its result exists. A finished result stays on the status page for the retention window (60 minutes by default), then everything the job recorded is deleted with it. No tool that needs a password is offered: a password would have to be written into the queue's database row, which is exactly where a secret should not sit. A password-protected file fails its job with that explanation instead of waiting in the queue.

How it works

Engine: any tool, queued
Category: PDF Utilities
Reliability: Reliable
Output: A status page holding one download per file

What to expect

The batch offers the tools whose whole answer is one file: compress, repair, flatten, optimise images, remove metadata, PDF to text, PDF to Word, PDF to spreadsheet, OCR text extraction and PDF to searchable PDF. Tools that need an answer about a particular document — a page range, a password, a crop rectangle — keep their own pages, because one answer cannot be honest across a folder of documents.
Options are each tool's defaults. The checkboxes on a tool's own page (keep the layout, the spreadsheet format) are not asked here; for anything particular, run that tool directly.
Up to 20 files, adding up to 100 MiB — the same ceilings every multi-file tool uses, refused before submission with the numbers that caused it.
A batch small enough to finish inside the request is finished before the response is sent, so its status page already shows results. A batch over that threshold waits in this server's queue for the worker (php spark makeoverpdf:worker) to drain it, and the page says exactly that while it waits — it never claims work is done that is not.
One file failing does not stop the others: the status page shows each file's outcome, and a failure carries the words written for you at the time — never engine output.
Your upload is deleted the moment its result exists. A finished result stays on the status page for the retention window (60 minutes by default), then everything the job recorded is deleted with it.
No tool that needs a password is offered: a password would have to be written into the queue's database row, which is exactly where a secret should not sit. A password-protected file fails its job with that explanation instead of waiting in the queue.

Privacy

Your documents are written to a private directory outside the web root and processed by local executables. The upload is deleted the moment its result exists; results live on the status page for the retention window so you can download them, then are deleted with everything the job recorded. There is no upload URL, no account, and no third-party service involved.

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