Edit PDF
Add text, images, signatures, and shapes anywhere on a PDF. Fill in a form that isn't interactive, redact a detail with a solid box, or drop a logo onto a page — then download the edited file.
Your PDF is opened and edited directly in this browser tab. It is never uploaded, so even sensitive documents stay on your own computer, and the export carries no watermark.
- 100% free
- No upload
- Text · images · shapes
- No watermark
Drag your PDF here
Or choose a file from your computer.
Maximum 25.0 MB • Files never leave your browser
Edit a PDF without uploading it
PDFs are a delivery format, not an editing format — they describe exactly where each glyph and pixel sits on the page, with no notion of paragraphs or sections that flow. That is why editing them is harder than editing a Word document. The realistic operations are: add new content on top of the page (text, an image, a rectangle), remove entire pages, or rearrange the pages you have. yourpdfeditor handles all three.
This tool focuses on the “add” case: dropping text and images onto a PDF you already have. The classic uses are filling out a flat form that has no interactive fields, adding a logo to a vendor template, putting a date and signature line into a contract, or stamping a project name across the top of a deliverable. Everything happens locally in your browser tab — your PDF is never uploaded.
For deleting, rotating, or reordering pages, jump to the Organize PDF tool. For combining multiple PDFs, use Merge PDF. For signing specifically, use Sign PDF — it has a drawing-optimized canvas.
How to edit a PDF
Add text, images, and shapes — locally, with no upload.
- 1
Open your PDF
Drop the PDF onto the dropzone or click to browse. The pages render so you can see exactly where edits will land.
- 2
Add text or an image
Click anywhere on the page to drop a text box at that spot, then type. To add an image, drag a PNG or JPG onto the page from your file manager.
- 3
Style and position
Use the toolbar to change font, size, weight, and color. Drag elements to move them, and use the corner handles to resize. A solid rectangle is handy for covering existing content.
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Save the edited PDF
Click Save. yourpdfeditor flattens your edits onto the PDF and downloads the result. The original file on your computer is untouched.
What this PDF editor gives you
Local-only processing
WebAssembly handles all edits in your browser. The PDF is never uploaded, so sensitive forms stay private.
Text overlays with full styling
Choose font, size, weight, and color. Place a text box anywhere on any page, then drag and resize.
Drop in images
Add a logo, a saved signature PNG, a photo, or a screenshot. Drag, scale, and position pixel-perfect.
Solid rectangles
Use white rectangles to cover existing text before overlaying new text. Or use them as colored highlight blocks.
No watermark on output
The saved PDF contains only the original page and your edits. Nothing else gets stamped on.
Works on any modern browser
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and most mobile browsers. No installer, no extension, no plugin.
Common things people use this for
- Filling out flat forms.A government form scanned to PDF, a vendor template without interactive fields, a landlord's rental application — drop text boxes onto each blank line and save.
- Adding a logo or letterhead. Drop your company logo into the top corner of a template before sending it out.
- Quick corrections to a generated PDF. Typo on an invoice that was exported from accounting software? Cover the wrong text with a white rectangle, type the correction on top, save.
- Adding the date and printed name next to a signature. Use it after theSign PDF tool to add typed metadata around your handwritten signature.
- Labeling pages.Stamp “Confidential”, “Draft”, or a project name across every page of a deliverable before sharing.
- Annotating a contract. Drop notes next to specific clauses for your own reference (just delete them before sending the file on).
What this tool will not do (and what to use instead)
Being honest about limits saves time. This tool will not:
- Edit the existing text in the PDF.Use the source document (Word, Pages, Markdown) if you have it. If you don't, cover the old text with a rectangle and overlay new text.
- Reflow paragraphs. PDF text is positioned, not flowing. If your replacement text is longer than what was there, it will run past the original line.
- Run OCR on scanned PDFs.The tool reads the PDF's existing content stream. If your PDF is image-only, you will need an OCR pass first.
- Apply a true cryptographic digital signature. Use a dedicated e-signature provider (DocuSign, Adobe Sign, eID services) when a verifiable certificate-backed signature is required.
- Securely redact sensitive content. Visual covers do not always scrub the underlying text. For redaction that has to stand up to scrutiny, remove the page entirely or use a dedicated redaction tool.
Frequently asked questions
Can I edit the existing text in a PDF?+
Mostly no, and that is a property of the PDF format itself. PDFs do not store text as editable paragraphs — they store positioned glyphs (with fonts that may or may not be embedded). True text-editing tools that look like word processors are doing a best-effort reconstruction that often breaks on tables, columns, and stylized fonts.
yourpdfeditor takes the honest approach: you overlay new text and images on top of the existing page. To replace a phrase, cover it with a white rectangle and add your new text on top. For documents where text editing matters, you are usually better off opening the original Word/Pages/Markdown source and exporting a new PDF.
Does my PDF get uploaded?+
No. All editing happens in your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. The PDF is read into the tab when you open it, your changes are composited locally, and the result is built in memory and handed to you as a download. You can confirm in DevTools that no PDF bytes leave your machine.
What can I add to the PDF?+
Text boxes with adjustable font, size, weight, and color; PNG and JPG images for logos, photos, and signatures; and solid-color rectangles, which are useful for covering existing text you want to redact-by-overlay. Drawings are best added with the Sign PDF tool, which is set up for that input mode.
Can I fill out form fields in a PDF?+
If the PDF was authored with interactive AcroForm fields, you can fill them in directly in most PDF viewers (Acrobat, Preview, Chrome's built-in viewer). yourpdfeditor's edit mode is most useful for flat, scanned, or exported PDFs that lack interactive fields — you overlay text into the blank lines, then save.
Will my edits stay editable, or are they baked into the PDF?+
Edits are flattened into the page when you save, so the resulting PDF renders identically in every viewer (Acrobat, Preview, Chrome, mobile). The trade-off is that the edits are not separately re-editable from inside the saved file. Keep a copy of the original PDF if you anticipate revisions.
Can I use this to redact sensitive information?+
Use caution here. Covering text with a black or white rectangle hides it visually, but the underlying text may still be present in the PDF's content stream and recoverable by copy-paste or a parser. For documents where redaction matters legally — names, account numbers, medical details — the safest approach is to remove the entire page using Split PDF if you can, or use a dedicated redaction tool that actually scrubs the underlying text.
Does the saved PDF keep the original quality?+
Yes. The original pages are preserved as-is, without re-encoding text or recompressing images. Your overlaid text and images are added as new content on top, so the underlying pages look exactly as they did before.
Are there limits on file size or number of edits?+
No artificial limits. Your browser's memory is the practical ceiling — most modern machines handle PDFs up to a few hundred megabytes with dozens of overlaid elements without slowing down.
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