Edit PDFs for free. Privately.

How it works

1. 1

   Open your PDF

   Click Choose a PDF or drag a file onto this page. It opens instantly in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

2. 2

   Edit

   Pick a tool from the toolbar and click on the page. Switch to Select to move, resize or delete anything you added.

3. 3

   Download

   Click Download to save the edited copy. Your original file stays unchanged.

What you can do

• Add text

  Click anywhere and type. Your text automatically matches the size, color and boldness of nearby text. Change it anytime, including bold with B.

• Tick boxes

  Mark checkboxes and radio buttons with a tick, cross, dot or circle. Click a mark again to remove it.

• Sign

  Draw your signature with a mouse, finger or stylus, then place and resize it anywhere.

• Draw

  Freehand pen in any color and thickness, for notes and initials. Drag the corner to scale a drawing.

• Lines & shapes

  Draw straight lines, arrows, rectangles and circles. Hold Shift to snap angles. Drag the ends or corners to resize.

• Measure

  Set the drawing's scale (like 1/4" = 1' or 1:100), or calibrate from a known length, then drag to measure real distances.

• Highlight

  Drag over text to highlight it, just like a marker pen.

• White-out

  Cover mistakes or old content, then type over it. The cover automatically matches the page's background color.

• Add images

  Insert logos, stamps or photos (PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF). Photo location data is removed automatically.

• Organize pages

  Drag thumbnails to reorder pages, and rotate or delete any page.

• Merge PDFs

  Combine several PDFs into one with + Add PDF, or drop more files into the editor.

• Undo & zoom

  Undo or redo any step, and zoom up to 400%. Works on phones and tablets too.

Good to know

We'd rather be upfront. Here's what this editor can't do yet.

• Can't edit existing text. You can add new text and cover the old text with white-out, but you can't retype words already in the PDF.
• Can't open locked PDFs. Password-protected or restricted files need to be unlocked first.
• Fillable form fields aren't switched on. Ticks and text are drawn on top of the form. They look right on screen and on paper, but form software won't read them as filled in.
• Latin letters only for added text. Characters from other alphabets (for example Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Punjabi) and emoji show as “?”.
• No scanning, conversion or compression. We can't make scanned documents searchable, convert to Word or Excel, or shrink file size.
• Nothing is saved for you. Your work lives only in this browser tab, so download before closing it.
• Measurements are only as accurate as the scale. Scanned or resized drawings may not match their printed scale, so calibrate against a known dimension and double-check critical lengths.
• Files up to 200 MB. Very large files may be slow on older phones.
• Links on rotated pages. If you rotate a page and add something to it, clickable links and form fields on that page are removed.

Keyboard shortcuts

V

Select

T

Text

M

Mark (tick)

L

Lines & shapes

R

Measure

D

Draw

Shift + drag

Snap angle / square / circle

H

Highlight

W

White-out

Del

Delete selected

←→↑↓

Nudge (hold Shift for 10×)

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Ctrl+B

Bold / unbold text

Ctrl+S

Download

+ −

Zoom in / out

Esc

Finish typing / back to Select

Questions