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Choose a PDF
Every page shows in the editor, ready to scroll and zoom.
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PDF editor, free and private.
Open a PDF to add text, a signature, pictures, ticks and crosses, highlights, white-out, boxes, circles and arrows, or draw on it with a pen. Move and resize anything you add, undo any step, then download the PDF. The file stays on your computer: nothing is uploaded, no account, no watermark.
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The PDF is edited in your browser. It is never uploaded.
How it works
Open, add, download.
02 / Edit
Add what you need
Pick a tool, click or drag on the page, then move, resize or restyle it.
03 / Save
Download it
Your changes are written into the PDF; its own text stays selectable.
Questions
Good to know.
Can I change the text that is already in the PDF?
Not directly: a PDF stores text as placed letters, not as paragraphs that can reflow. To replace words, cover them with White-out, then add new text on top. If you need to rewrite whole paragraphs, turn the file into a Word document with PDF to Word, edit it there, and save it as a PDF again.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The pages are drawn and your changes are written into the file inside this browser tab, so the PDF never leaves your computer.
Will the original text stay selectable?
Yes. Your additions are drawn on top of the existing pages, and everything that was in the file stays as it was. Added text is real text in Helvetica, Times or Courier, so it can be selected and searched too. Letters those fonts do not have, such as Chinese or Bangla, are added as a sharp picture of the text instead.
Does white-out really remove what is under it?
It covers it with a white box on the page. The covered text is still inside the file and can be copied out by someone who knows how, so do not use white-out to hide private information. For that, use a tool made to redact PDFs.
Can I sign a PDF here?
Yes. Choose Signature to draw it, type it or take it from a photo, then drag it into place. The Sign PDF page has the same editor with just the signing tools.
Are there keyboard shortcuts?
Command or Ctrl and Z to undo, with Shift to redo, Delete to remove what is selected, the arrow keys to nudge it (with Shift for bigger steps), Command or Ctrl and D to duplicate, Enter to edit selected text and Escape to stop.