Free Online PDF Editor

Open a PDF to add text anywhere, cover mistakes with white-out, highlight, draw boxes, lines and arrows, sign with your mouse or finger, add images and tick boxes. Fill in the form fields, then rotate, reorder, duplicate or delete pages, add blank pages or merge in another PDF. The file is edited in your browser, so contracts and forms stay private, and there's no watermark or sign-up.

Free · No sign-up

How to use it

Choose a PDF. It opens in your browser.
Pick a tool: text, white-out, highlight, shapes, pen, image, tick or signature, and click or drag on the page.
Use the page list to rotate, reorder, duplicate or delete pages, or add a blank page or another PDF.
Fill in any form fields, then click Save PDF.

Why use this tool

Add and correct text

Type anywhere in any font size and color. Cover old text with white-out and type the correction on top.

Sign documents

Draw your signature, type it, or upload a picture of it, and place it on any page.

Highlight and mark up

Highlighter, rectangles, circles, lines, arrows, a freehand pen and tick and cross marks.

Fill PDF forms

Fillable fields are listed for you to complete, and the form can be flattened.

Organize pages

Rotate, reorder, duplicate and delete pages, add blank pages or insert another PDF.

Private, no watermark

Everything happens in your browser. No account, no upload, no watermark and no page limit.

How to edit text in a PDF

PDF files store text as positioned characters, not paragraphs, so changing a word in place is unreliable even in expensive software. The dependable way is the one printers and lawyers use: cover the old text with white-out and type the new text on top in a matching size. The saved PDF shows only the correction.

Text in Latin letters is saved as real text you can search and copy. Other alphabets, such as Cyrillic, Chinese or Japanese, are saved as a sharp image of the text so they always display correctly.

Signing a PDF without printing it

Choose the signature tool, click where you need to sign, and draw with a mouse, trackpad or finger on a phone, or type your name in a handwriting style. A signature added this way is an electronic signature, which US law (the ESIGN Act) accepts for most contracts, leases and forms. Some documents, such as wills or notarized deeds, still need a wet or certified digital signature.

What you can do with pages

Rotate scanned pages that came out sideways or upside down.
Move pages up and down to fix the order.
Duplicate a page, for example a form you need twice.
Delete blank or unwanted pages.
Add a blank page for notes, or insert all pages of another PDF.

Privacy

Most free PDF editors upload your file to a server. This one loads the PDF into your browser's memory, draws it with the open-source pdf.js library and writes the new file with pdf-lib on your own device. Nothing is sent anywhere, which matters for tax forms, medical records and contracts.

Frequently asked questions

Is this PDF editor really free?

Yes. There is no account, no daily limit and no watermark on the saved file.

Can I change the existing text in a PDF?

Cover it with the white-out tool and type the new text on top. This gives a clean result in every PDF viewer.

How do I sign a PDF?

Choose the signature tool, click on the page, then draw, type or upload your signature and place it. Drag the corner to resize it.

Can I fill in a PDF form?

Yes. If the PDF has form fields, they appear under Form fields. For forms without fields, add text and tick marks on top.

Will my edits be visible in other PDF readers?

Yes. Additions are written into the page content, so they appear in Adobe Acrobat, Preview, Chrome and every other reader.

Can I edit a password-protected PDF?

Not directly. Open it with the password in a PDF reader and save an unprotected copy first.

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