Edit PDF

Edit PDF adds text, images, rectangles, lines, highlights and white cover boxes on top of the pages of a PDF and fills in its form fields. The original pages are kept as they are, so the text in them stays sharp and selectable, and the file never leaves your device.

Your files never leave your device. Everything runs in your browser.

How it works

  1. Open the PDFDrop the PDF or choose it. Forms are detected and their fields become fillable boxes.
  2. Add and fillAdd text, images, shapes or white boxes, drag them into place, and type into the form fields.
  3. DownloadPress Download edited PDF. You get a new file; the original stays unchanged.

What you can change, and what you cannot

This editor works the way a pen and a correction pen work on paper: it adds things on top of a page. You can type text anywhere, put a logo or a stamp on the page, draw a box or a line, highlight a passage and cover something with a white box. Every item can be dragged, resized from its corner, moved with the arrow keys and removed, and the Undo button takes back the last change.

It does not rewrite the text that is already in the PDF. A PDF stores its text as positioned letters, not as paragraphs, so retyping a sentence in place usually breaks the layout. The usual way to correct a word is to cover it with a white box and type the new word on top. Note that the white box only hides the old text: it is still in the file and can be found by copying or searching. To really remove confidential information, use a redaction tool that deletes the content.

Text that works in every language

The fonts built into every PDF reader (Helvetica, Times and Courier) only cover Western European letters, and text that fits in them is written with them. For other letters, such as ğ, ş, ł, ő, Cyrillic, Greek or Vietnamese, the editor embeds the Noto Sans font in the PDF, so the text stays real text that can be selected, copied and searched. Serif and Mono text with such letters is drawn as a sharp image in the chosen font, with an invisible copy of the text on top, so it can still be selected and searched. Only letters that Noto Sans does not include, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic or Hindi, are saved as a picture of the text; the text panel tells you when this happens.

Filling PDF forms

Many official forms, applications and contracts come as fillable PDFs. When the file has form fields, they appear as boxes you can type into directly: text fields, checkboxes, option buttons and dropdown lists. The values are written into the form itself, so the recipient can still read them as form data.

Turn on Flatten form fields if the answers should become a fixed part of the page, for example before sending a signed application. A form that is a scan or a plain printout has no fields; use Add text to write on it.

Frequently asked questions

Is my PDF uploaded to a server?

No. The file is opened and edited in your browser and the new PDF is created on your device. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

Is Edit PDF free?

Yes. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on the number of files.

Can I change the text that is already in the PDF?

Not directly. Cover the old text with a white box and type the new text over it. The old text stays in the file underneath, hidden but still copyable.

Does the white box delete what is under it?

No. It only covers it. Anyone can still copy or search the hidden text. Do not use it to hide passwords, account numbers or other confidential data.

Why can't I select some of the text I added?

Text in Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese letters is saved as real text. Letters that the embedded Noto Sans font does not include, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic or Hindi, are saved as a picture of the text so they look right in every reader, and that part cannot be selected.

Will the quality of my PDF change?

No. The pages are kept as they are and your additions are drawn on top, so the original text and images stay exactly as before.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. Tap a button to add an item, then drag it with your finger and resize it from the corner handle.