How to merge multiple PDF files into one PDF file

Learn how to merge multiple PDF files into one PDF file in Windows 10 and 11.

Ashampoo PDF Free is a free PDF viewer, creator, and editor for Microsoft Windows 10 and 11. Visit product page.

Steps

1. Open Ashampoo PDF Free.

2. Click on the folder icon in the upper left corner.

Open file button in Ashampoo PDF Free

You can also click on File in the upper left corner and then click on Open.

Open file menu entry in Ashampoo PDF Free

A “Select PDF file to edit” window will appear.

3. Within this window, you go to the first PDF file.

4. Select the PDF file.

5. Click on the Open button.

Open a PDF file in Ashampoo PDF Free

6. Click on Pages in the top menu and then click on Insert From Document.

Insert from document menu entry in Ashampoo PDF Free

A “Select PDF file to insert into document” window will appear.

7. Within this window, you go to the second PDF file.

8. Select the PDF file.

9. Click on the Open button.

Open another PDF file in Ashampoo PDF Free

A “Insert Document” window will appear.

10. Click on the OK button.

Ashampoo PDF Free Insert Document window

Repeat the steps for all the PDF files you want to add.

11. If you want to rearrange pages, you click on on View in the top menu and then click on Thumbnails.

View thumbnails in Ashampoo PDF Free

12. Click and drag a page to its new position in the thumbnail list. To move a page, you click with the left mouse button on the page, hold the left mouse button down, then drag the page to the desired position in the thumbnail list, and then you release the left mouse button. You can repeat this step with all the pages you want to reorder.

Rearrange pages in a PDF file in Ashampoo PDF Free

13. When you're done, you click on the “save as” icon in the upper left corner.

Save as button in Ashampoo PDF Free

You can also click on File in the upper left corner and then click on Save as.

Save as menu entry in Ashampoo PDF Free

14. If you do this for the first time, you may get asked to enter a username. If so, type a username and then click on the OK button. The username is not so important, so type any username you want.

A “Save As” window will appear.

15. Select a location on your computer where you want to save the new PDF file.

16. At File name, you type a name for the new PDF file.

17. Click on the Save button.

Save merged PDF file in Ashampoo PDF Free

Ashampoo PDF Free will save the new PDF file on your computer.