Is my file uploaded to a server?

No. Editing happens entirely inside your browser and your document is never transmitted.

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

No. A PDF stores finished pages rather than editable paragraphs, so existing text cannot be retyped in place — not here, and not in tools that claim otherwise without converting the file first. Add new text on top, or convert to Word, edit, and convert back.

Will the text I add be selectable and searchable?

Yes. Text is drawn as real text, not as an image, so it can be selected, copied and found by a search.

Can I use my own font, or a non-Latin alphabet?

Not yet. The tool uses the fonts built into the PDF format, which keeps output files small but covers Western European alphabets only. Unsupported characters are flagged as you type rather than failing at save time.

Can I come back and change an edit later?

Not after saving — the edits become page content. While you are working, Select lets you move or delete anything, and Undo steps back through your changes.

Why is my highlight darkening the text instead of hiding it?

That is deliberate. Highlights are blended so the words underneath stay readable, exactly like a marker pen. Use the Box tool if you want a solid opaque shape.

Edit a PDF online

Add text, images, shapes and highlights straight onto a PDF page.

Drop your PDF here

PDF · up to 100 MB · add text, highlights, shapes, drawings and images

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How to edit a PDF

01
Add your PDF
Drop a file into the box above and every page becomes an editable surface.
02
Pick a tool
Text, highlight, box, freehand drawing, or an image from your device.
03
Click or drag on a page
Text and images are placed with a click; boxes and highlights are dragged out.
04
Adjust and save
Switch to Select to move or delete anything. Undo steps back through your changes.

What “editing” a PDF really means

A PDF is not a document format in the way a Word file is. It describes a finished page — these glyphs, at these coordinates, in this font — rather than paragraphs and headings that reflow. There is no underlying structure to edit, which is why no tool lets you retype a sentence and have the rest of the paragraph move up.

What every PDF editor actually does, including expensive ones, is draw new content on top. This tool is honest about that: you add text, shapes, drawings and images, and they become part of the page.

If you need to genuinely rewrite the text, convert to Word first, edit there, and convert back. Expect the layout to shift — that round trip is lossy by nature.

Covering is not removing

This matters enough to be blunt about. Drawing a filled box over a name hides it from view and nothing more. The original text is still in the file, still selectable, still extractable with any command-line tool. Anyone can also delete the box you drew.

If information has to be gone rather than hidden, use Redact PDF, which rebuilds the affected page so the content underneath no longer exists.

Once you save, it is a document again

Everything you place is drawn into the page when you save. Reopening the file gives you a finished PDF, not a project you can carry on editing — the text boxes are now just text on a page, like the rest of it.

That is a property of the format rather than a decision we made, but it has a practical consequence worth planning around: do all your edits in one sitting, and keep the original if you might need to change something later.

Frequently asked questions

Using a Mac, iPhone, Windows, Android or Chromebook?

Each guide covers the built-in way on that device, where it falls short, and how to do the same job here.