Yes — and it's actually easier on a Chromebook than most people expect. Chromebooks don't run traditional desktop software, but that's not a problem for PDF merging because the best tools for the job work entirely in a browser anyway. You don't need to install anything.
Why Chromebooks Handle This Fine
The assumption that Chromebooks can't do "real" file work comes from the era when PDF tools required desktop software installation. That's no longer the case. Browser-based PDF tools have matured to the point where merging, splitting, compressing, and signing PDFs all happen in Chrome tabs without any local software involved. Chromebook users actually have an advantage here: the browser is the entire operating environment, so there's no friction between finding a web tool and using it.
How to Merge PDFs on a Chromebook
Open Chrome and go to a browser-based Merge PDF tool — WukongPDF's merge tool works directly in Chrome with no setup. Upload the PDFs you want to combine, arrange them in the order you want, and download the merged result. The whole process takes about a minute for most documents.
Uploading files from a Chromebook is the same as any file picker: click the upload button, and the file picker opens to your Downloads folder, Google Drive, or any connected storage. If your PDFs are already in Google Drive, most tools let you import directly from there without downloading first.
Controlling Page Order Before You Merge
The order in which you upload or arrange the files determines the page order of the merged PDF. Most merge tools let you drag files up or down to reorder them before processing. If you need to merge three separate PDFs and one of them needs to go in the middle, upload all three and reorder before you merge — fixing the order afterward means repeating the whole process.
If you need more granular control — merging specific pages from different files, not entire documents — a split-then-merge workflow handles it. Split each PDF to isolate the pages you want, then merge the individual pages into the final document. Browser tools support both steps.
File Size After Merging
A merged PDF is roughly the sum of its parts — combining a 2MB and a 3MB PDF produces approximately a 5MB result. If the merged file is larger than expected or too large to upload somewhere, running it through a compression step after merging brings it down. Chromebook users can do this in the same browser tab without switching tools.
Saving the Merged PDF on a Chromebook
When you download the merged PDF, it goes to your Downloads folder by default. From there you can open it in Chrome's built-in PDF viewer to verify it looks right, move it to Google Drive for storage, or share it directly. Chromebooks integrate tightly with Google Drive, so moving files between local storage and Drive is a drag-and-drop operation from the Files app.
If you'd rather save directly to Drive without going through Downloads, some PDF tools offer a "Save to Google Drive" option after processing. This skips the local file entirely and puts the merged PDF straight into your Drive folder.
Other PDF Tasks That Work the Same Way on Chromebook
Everything that applies to merging applies equally to other PDF tasks. Splitting, compressing, converting, signing, adding annotations — all of it works in Chrome on a Chromebook exactly as it does on a Windows or Mac machine using the same browser. The device running Chrome doesn't change what browser-based tools can do.
The one exception is tasks that genuinely require local desktop software — creating interactive PDF forms from scratch, advanced redaction with precise controls, or integrating PDFs into complex print workflows. Those are edge cases that most Chromebook users never encounter. For everyday PDF work, the browser handles everything.