Add Text to PDF

Place text boxes anywhere on your PDF pages, pick the font and color, and save.

How to use PDF Editor online

Follow these 4 simple steps to run your task securely in the cloud.

Upload your PDF

Click Upload or drag and drop your PDF file into the editor.

Make your changes

Use the toolbar to add text, images, shapes, signatures, form fields, links and annotations directly on the page.

Apply your edits

Click Save to apply all changes to the document.

Download the result

Download your edited PDF instantly to your device.

Powerful PDF Editor Features

Everything you need to edit, markup, and modify your PDF documents online for free.

Edit & Type Text

Click on any existing text block to modify words, fix typos, or change styling. Add new text boxes anywhere on the page with customizable fonts, sizes, and colors.

Fill & Sign Forms

Interactively fill out document forms, toggle checkboxes, and drop custom drawn, typed, or uploaded electronic signatures onto contracts and agreements.

Add Images & Links

Insert JPEG, PNG, or GIF graphics onto your document canvas. Drag to resize, rotate, and place active hyperlinks referencing websites or emails.

Whiteout & Redact

Permanently cover sensitive personal information, credit card numbers, or social security details using our solid color whiteout / redact tool.

Draw Annotation Shapes

Highlight vital paragraphs by drawing shapes such as circles, squares, arrows, and lines with custom background opacity, border stroke, and colors.

Organize PDF Pages

Easily rotate pages permanently, rearrange the page order, or delete unwanted blank pages from your document output list in a single session.

About PDF Editor

Our online PDF editor lets you annotate, highlight, and edit your PDF documents directly in your browser with no installation required.

PDFForge processes your files securely in the cloud. Uploads are encrypted in transit, handled automatically without human access, and deleted shortly after processing. No installation is required and everything works on desktop, tablet and mobile.

Frequently asked questions

To edit existing text, simply select the Text tool from the editor toolbar, then click on any text block on your page. The editor will automatically convert the PDF text into an editable input box where you can add, modify, or delete words. You can also customize the font style, font size, bold/italic, alignment, and color.

Yes, our online PDF Editor allows you to insert images (PNG, JPEG, GIF), signatures, and hyperlinks. Select the corresponding tool from the top toolbar, then click on the page to insert or place your element. You can easily drag, resize, or reposition them anywhere on the page.

Choose the Whiteout (Redact) tool from the toolbar and click-and-drag a rectangle over the sensitive text or images you want to hide. The covered content will be permanently masked with a solid white or custom-colored box, preventing readers from seeing confidential data.

You can draw shapes such as rectangles, ellipses, lines, and arrows. Select the Shapes tool, choose your shape type, and click-and-drag to draw. Once added, you can modify border widths, border colors, background fill colors, and opacity using the contextual properties toolbar.

Yes. You can use the search icon or press Ctrl+F (Cmd+F on Mac) to search for specific words or phrases in the document and replace them with new text instantly across all pages.

Yes. PDFForge lets you use PDF Editor for free. The free plan includes 3 tasks per hour with files up to 50 MB or 50 pages. Paid plans remove these limits and add priority processing.

Yes. Files are transferred over an encrypted HTTPS connection, processed automatically without human access, and deleted from our servers within 2 hours on the free plan.

No. PDF Editor runs entirely in your web browser and works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. There is nothing to download or install.

This tool accepts PDF files and produces PDF output.