Edit a PDF
Add text anywhere, white out mistakes, highlight, draw boxes and arrows, sketch, add images and sign. Then download an edited copy. No account and no watermark, and the PDF never leaves your computer.
White-out only covers. The words underneath are still in the file, and anyone can copy them out. To remove private details for real, use redaction in Deskshed.
Deskshed, our desktop app for Windows. Deskshed adds real redaction that removes text from the file, form filling, initials, page organizing and whole folders, and it works offline. Pay once: $19 for the first 500 buyers, then $29.
See DeskshedEdit a PDF at a glance
- Cost
- Free, with no watermark
- Account
- None needed
- Your PDF
- Processed on your device and never uploaded. How to check
- You get
- An edited copy of your PDF
- Limits
- The first 60 pages can be edited; text you add uses Latin letters, numbers and common punctuation
How to use it
Open the PDF
Drop it in or click to choose. It's opened by your browser, on your computer.
Pick a tool and click or drag
Text and Date: click where it goes. Box, White-out and Highlight: drag over the area. Drag anything to move it, use its corner to resize, and Undo or Delete to take it back.
Save and download
Press Save the edits, then download your copy. The original file isn't changed.
Edit a PDF: common questions
Can I change the text that's already in the PDF?
Not directly, and almost no editor can do it reliably, because a PDF stores placed letters rather than editable paragraphs. The dependable way: white out the old words and type the new ones on top, in the same spot.
Does white-out remove the text underneath?
No. It covers it, like correction tape. The original words are still in the file and can be copied out. For anything private, such as account numbers, use redaction, which removes them for real. Deskshed does that.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. It's opened and edited by your browser on your computer, and the edited copy is made there too. Nothing goes to this website or anyone else.
Is it free? Is there a watermark?
It's free, with no account and no watermark, because it runs on your own computer and costs us nothing.
Can it fill in a PDF form?
You can type on top of any form with the Text tool. To fill in the form's own boxes, checkboxes and dropdowns, and lock the answers, use Deskshed.
Does it replace Adobe Acrobat?
For adding text, notes, highlights, shapes, images and a signature, yes. Acrobat also edits existing text, recognizes text in scans and certifies signatures, which most people rarely need.