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Edit a PDF

Add text boxes, images, shapes, lines, highlights and white-out to PDF pages, then save.

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Drop a PDF here or click to choose onePDF files up to 100.0 MB each.

Processed on this device with your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works

Fill in a form that has no fields, add a note or a logo, box an important figure, highlight a clause or cover a mistake: pick a tool, the item appears on the page, and you drag it into place and drag its corner to resize it. Text boxes take a font (Helvetica, Times or Courier, regular or bold), size and colour; shapes and lines take a colour, width and opacity.

Items are drawn into the page content with pdf-lib when you save, so the result looks the same in every viewer and prints correctly. Everything else on the page is left exactly as it was.

Existing text cannot be edited in place: PDFs store positioned glyphs, not paragraphs. To change a word, cover it with a white-out box and type the new text on top. White-out only hides the text underneath; to remove confidential text for good, use Redact PDF.

Which tool for which change?

You want toUse
Type answers into a form without fieldsEdit PDF: text boxes
Add a logo, stamp or photoEdit PDF: image
Highlight or box a figureEdit PDF: highlight, rectangle or line
Correct a word in the existing textEdit PDF: white-out, then a text box on top
Hide confidential text permanentlyRedact PDF
Sign, initial and dateSign PDF
Rewrite whole paragraphsPDF to Word, edit, then Word to PDF

How to use it

  1. Choose a PDF; the first page is shown.
  2. Click a tool (Text, Image, Rectangle, Line, Highlight, White-out) to add an item.
  3. Drag it into place and resize it; change its font, size, colour or opacity in the side panel.
  4. Repeat on other pages, then click Save PDF and download it.

Frequently asked questions

Are my files uploaded?

No. The file is read and processed by your browser on your device; nothing is sent to a server. The PDF engine is downloaded from this site the first time you use a tool and then runs on your device.

Can I change the existing text of the PDF?

Not directly. Cover the old text with a white-out box and type over it, or convert the PDF to Word with PDF to Word and edit it there.

Does white-out remove the text underneath?

No. It covers it visually; the text is still in the file and can be copied. Use Redact PDF to remove text permanently.

Which characters can I type?

Latin text uses the standard PDF fonts. Arabic is drawn with IBM Plex Sans Arabic, joined and right to left (a box that starts with Arabic is right-aligned), and Greek or Cyrillic with Carlito. Characters none of these fonts has, such as Chinese or emoji, are printed as "?" and the tool tells you.

Can I use it with a keyboard?

Yes. Tab to an item, use the arrow keys to move it, Shift + arrows to resize it (or change the size of text) and Delete to remove it.

What if my PDF is password-protected?

The tool will say so. If it is your file and you know the password, remove the protection with Unlock PDF first, then use the unlocked copy here.

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