Edit PDF
Reorder, rotate, delete, and extract pages — add text, images, and annotations
Supports up to 2,000 pages (files up to 700 MB). Everything runs in your browser — this tool cannot rewrite existing text in a PDF.
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About Edit PDF
Edit PDF adds new content on top of your pages: text in Helvetica, PNG or JPG pictures, freehand pen strokes, and translucent highlight rectangles. In the page panel you can move pages up or down, rotate them, delete them, or check some and extract them into a separate PDF. Added items are drawn into the page itself, so they cannot be edited later as PDF annotations, and text already in the file cannot be changed. Added text accepts Latin letters, digits, and common punctuation only. The editor draws a thumbnail of every page with PDF.js and saves with pdf-lib, all in your browser.
How to edit a PDF in your browser
- 1Choose the PDF; a thumbnail of each page appears in the page panel.
- 2Use the arrows, ⟳, and ✕ under a thumbnail to move, rotate, or delete that page.
- 3Pick "Text", "Image", "Pen", or "Highlight" and click or drag on the large page view; change text, size, and color in the rows below it.
- 4Click "Save changes" for the edited PDF, or check pages and click "Extract selected" for a file with only those pages.
- 5Click "Download" to get the -edited.pdf or -extracted.pdf file.
Formats and limits
- Input
- PDF; added pictures: PNG or JPG
- Added text
- Helvetica, Latin characters only, at the size you type in its size field
- Page actions
- Move up or down, rotate, delete, extract the checked pages
- Extract selected
- Copies the original pages, without added items or rotations
- Size limits
- The editor's page and file caps are printed above the upload area, and are lower on phones and tablets
Where your file is processed
Everything happens in this browser tab: PDF.js draws the pages, and pdf-lib builds the new file. Your PDF and the pictures you add are not uploaded. A JPG photo stored sideways by a phone is turned upright in the browser before it is placed.
Frequently asked questions
Can I change text that is already in the PDF?
No. The editor only adds new text, pictures, and drawings on top of a page; it cannot select, delete, or retype the words already in the file. To change wording, edit the source document and export it to PDF again.
Are pen strokes and highlights real PDF annotations?
No. When you save, they are drawn into the page content, like the added text and pictures. Other PDF readers show them but cannot move or delete them as comments, so keep your original file if you may need a clean copy.
Can I remove something I added?
Yes. Text and pictures each have their own ✕ button in the rows under the page. Pen strokes and highlights cannot be removed one by one: "Clear annotations on this page" removes all of them from the page shown. There is no undo history.
Can I add Cyrillic, Greek, or Arabic text?
No. Added text uses the standard Helvetica font, which writes Latin letters, digits, and common punctuation only. Text with Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, or Asian characters, or emoji, is refused before saving; remove those characters, or add them as a PNG picture instead.
Does Extract selected keep my edits?
No. It copies the checked pages exactly as they are in the original file, without added text, pictures, drawings, or rotations. To keep your edits, save the changes first, then open the saved PDF and extract the pages from it.
Tips and tricks
- ✓To put the same logo on many pages in one step, Add Watermark to PDF does it with an image watermark.