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Free PDF Editor

Add text, images, shapes, highlights and signatures, then rotate, reorder, duplicate or delete pages. Every edit is saved directly into your PDF.

  • Free to use
  • Works on any device
  • Nothing to install
  • Type straight onto the page
  • Images, shapes and signatures
  • Pages added or removed
  • Saves a real PDF

PDF

Drag & drop file here

or choose a file from your device

Upload your PDF to start editing

PDF files only

Deleted after processing. Up to 200 pages and 50 MB per file.

On your computer? Get the Windows appOn your phone? Get the phone app

Everything the PDF Editor can do

Change what is on the page: the words already printed there, images, shapes, signatures and the pages themselves.

Text on the page

  • Click any line and retype it in place
  • Keeps the document's own embedded font while you edit
  • Start a new text box anywhere on the page
  • Sixteen typefaces and twenty sizes, Bangla included
  • Bold, italic, underline, text colour and highlight
  • Left, centre or right alignment, plus case changes

Images and signatures

  • Place a PNG or JPEG anywhere on a page
  • Draw a signature and drop it where you want it
  • Knock out a white background in one click
  • Halve opacity, duplicate, and change layer order

Drawing and marks

  • Rectangle, circle, line, arrow, checkmark and crossmark
  • A freehand pen and a highlighter
  • Whiteout to cover anything already printed
  • An eraser that removes text, shapes and drawings alike

Pages

  • Reorder, rotate and duplicate pages from thumbnails
  • Delete pages, or insert blank ones anywhere
  • Watermark, header and footer on the same toolbar

While you work

  • Undo and redo with Ctrl+Z
  • Zoom from 50% to 300%
  • Read every page in a preview before downloading

How it works

PDF Editor in three steps

Upload your PDF

Drag your file onto the upload panel, or click it to pick one from your device. Nothing is sent anywhere until you start the job, and the working copy is deleted the moment it finishes.

Edit it directly on the page

Click any line to retype it. The panel on the right changes its font, size and colour. Pick a mode at the top, such as Add, Annotate or Sign, and its tools appear in the row below.

Review and download

Review & download writes your edits into the document itself and shows you the finished file before you download it. Fonts stay embedded, so the file opens correctly everywhere.

Step by step

PDF Editor: a visual walkthrough

Three steps, no installation, and a real PDF at the end.

  1. Upload your PDF

    Drag your file onto the upload panel, or click it to pick one from your device. Nothing is sent anywhere until you start the job, and the working copy is deleted the moment it finishes.

    The KovaPDF upload panel for the PDF Editor
  2. Edit it directly on the page

    Click any line to retype it. The panel on the right changes its font, size and colour. Pick a mode at the top, such as Add, Annotate or Sign, and its tools appear in the row below.

    The PDF Editor with a line being retyped and the text panel open on the right
  3. Review and download

    Review & download writes your edits into the document itself and shows you the finished file before you download it. Fonts stay embedded, so the file opens correctly everywhere.

    The finished document with its Download PDF button

Edit a PDF with no sign-up and no watermark

You can open a PDF here and start editing straight away. There is no account to create, no email to confirm and no trial that runs out halfway through a document.

The file you download is your document with your changes and nothing else: no watermark, no "edited with" stamp in the corner, no extra page at the end. That holds on the free plan too.

The free plan has a limit on how many files you can work on, and a free account raises it. Pro removes the limits. When you edit an existing line, the old words are taken out of the file rather than hidden under a white box, so the page looks and copies like the original.

What you can change. Retype any line of real text, in the font the PDF already uses when the file includes it (keeping the same font explains when it cannot). Find and replace a word through the whole file. Type into the form's own fields so it stays fillable (fill out a PDF form), or add new fields. Add text, images, shapes, dates and check marks, highlight text, strike through, comment and draw. Then rotate, reorder, insert, duplicate or delete pages without leaving the editor.

Text that should disappear. When you save, words under whiteout and lines you erase are taken out of the page, so nobody can select, copy or search for them later. Where the page is a picture, such as a scan or a logo, there are no words to take out and that area is only covered. For names, account numbers or anything confidential, Redact PDF is the tool built for it.

Scanned pages. This page edits text that is already text. If clicking a line does nothing, the page is a scan. Open it in Edit Scanned PDF: it reads the words, lets you click a printed word and retype it in a closely matched font, and cleans the old word off the picture. Read the result against the paper, because reading a scan can get a letter wrong.

Where your file goes. You edit in your browser. When you save, the PDF and your list of changes go to our server, which writes them into the file and sends it back (how your files are handled). While you work, your unsaved changes, not the file itself, are kept on your own device, so closing the tab by mistake does not lose them. They are cleared when you download or discard.

Where it is weaker, honestly. Text is edited line by line, so rewriting a long paragraph means editing each line; for a heavy rewrite, convert the PDF to Word, edit there and save it as a PDF again. A password protected PDF has to be unlocked before it opens here, which needs the password. Uploading your own font is a paid feature; on the free plan a line that needs a font the file does not include uses a standard one. On a phone the editor has its own layout, and editing a PDF on an iPhone or on a Mac has its own walkthrough.

Comparing editors before you choose? See how ours compares with Sejda's PDF editor and the Acrobat editor.

Frequently asked questions about PDF Editor

Can I edit a PDF without signing up?

Yes. Open the PDF on this page and edit it. No account, no email address and no download are needed.

Does the free PDF editor add a watermark?

No. The downloaded PDF carries no watermark, logo or stamp, on the free plan or any other.

Is this PDF editor really free?

Yes. Editing and downloading cost nothing and there is no trial that ends. The free plan limits how many files you can save in a short time; a free account raises that limit and Pro removes it.

How do I edit text in a PDF?

Open the PDF here, click the line you want to change and type. The new words keep the line's size and position, and its font when the PDF includes that font. Use Find & replace to change a word everywhere at once, then save and download.

Can I edit a scanned PDF?

Yes, with Edit Scanned PDF. It reads the words on each scanned page, so you can click a printed word and retype it. The old word is cleaned off the picture and the new one is written in a closely matching font. Proofread the page afterwards, because reading a scan is never perfect.

How can I modify a PDF online for free without installing anything?

Open it on this page in any modern browser. You can change text, fill the form, add images and a signature, and add, move or delete pages, then download the new PDF. Nothing is installed and no account is needed.

Can I edit a password protected PDF?

Not directly. Remove the password with Unlock PDF first, which needs the password, then open the unlocked file here.

How do I edit a PDF?

Open the PDF here, click a line of text to retype it, or use the toolbar to add text, images, shapes, highlights, whiteout or a signature. Then save and download the edited PDF. Nothing needs to be installed.

Can I edit the existing text in a PDF?

Yes. Click any line and retype it at the same size and position. If the PDF includes the font, the editor uses it, so the change blends in. If it doesn't, the line uses a standard font instead, and a character the font doesn't have is drawn in a standard font on its own. The panel beside the text tells you which font is saved. If clicking does nothing, the page is a scan. Use OCR PDF for that.

Can I change the font, size or colour of text?

Yes. Text you add or edit can use one of 16 fonts, including Times New Roman, Roboto, Open Sans and two Bangla faces, at sizes from 6 to 144 points, in any colour from the swatches or a hex code, with bold, italic, underline and alignment.

Can I white out or erase part of a PDF?

Yes. Whiteout draws a white box over anything on the page, and Erase removes a line of text or anything you added. When you save, a line that is mostly under whiteout, and every line you erased, is taken out of the file, so it cannot be selected or found by search. Words of a line only partly under whiteout, and anything on a page that is a picture, such as a scan, are only covered. For confidential information, use Redact PDF.

Can I sign a PDF?

Yes. The Signature tool lets you draw a signature and place it anywhere on the page. It is a picture of your signature on the page. For a signature backed by a certificate, use Digital Signature.

Can I edit a PDF on my phone?

Yes. On a phone the editor switches to its own layout, with every tool in a bar along the bottom and pinch to zoom, so you can retype text, add a signature and save from the browser without installing an app.

Do my edits save into the PDF?

Yes. Changes are written into the file itself. Fonts are embedded, except the standard PDF fonts (Helvetica, Times and Courier), which every PDF reader already has, so the downloaded PDF opens correctly in Acrobat, Preview, Chrome and anywhere else.

Can I fill in a PDF form?

Yes. Click into the form's own fields to type, tick boxes and choose options. The answers are written into the fields, so the file stays fillable. If the form has no fields, place text and check marks over the blanks, or add new fields with the Forms tools.

Is it free?

Yes. Every tool works without paying and without an account. Files can be up to 200 pages and 50 MB, and a run that fails costs you nothing. Pro removes the limits.

Do I need to create an account?

No. All tools work without signing in. An account raises your allowance and lets you see what you have processed.

What happens to my file?

Your file stays on our server only for a short time while it is processed, then it is deleted. It is sent over an encrypted connection. We keep a record that the tool was used, but not the file name or what is in the file.

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