Edit PDF Online — Free
Click text in your PDF to change it, add new text, whiteout sensitive parts, highlight, insert images and sign. Everything happens in your browser — your files never leave your device.
Drag & drop your PDF here
or click to browse — files stay on your device
Files never leave your deviceDraw your signature
Sign with your mouse or finger, then click “Use signature”.
How to edit a PDF
- Drop a PDF into the box above — its pages appear below, ready to edit.
- Pick a tool: click existing text to change it, or add text, whiteout, highlight, images and your signature.
- Click Export PDF to download your edited file.
About this free PDF editor
PDFPax's PDF editor lets you change a PDF the way you'd edit a document: click a line of text and retype it, drop in new text anywhere, cover sensitive details with whiteout, highlight important passages, add images, and sign with a handwritten signature you draw yourself. There is nothing to install and nothing to upload — the editor renders your pages, applies your edits and rebuilds the file entirely in your browser, so contracts, forms and records stay private on your own device. When you edit existing text, the original words are neatly covered and your replacement is drawn over them in the same size and position, matched to the closest standard font (Helvetica, Times or Courier, with bold and italic variants). One honest limit: scanned pages are pictures, not text, so there is nothing to click — cover the spot with whiteout and retype it with the Add text tool. When you're done, exporting rebuilds a clean PDF with all your changes baked in. It's free, with no watermarks and no account.
Frequently asked questions
Will the edited text keep the original font?
It will look very close. The editor matches the original text to the nearest standard font (Helvetica, Times or Courier, including bold and italic variants) and keeps the original size and position. It is a close match, not the exact embedded font.
Can I edit a scanned PDF?
Scanned pages are images, so there is no selectable text to click — this editor does not do OCR. Cover the area with the Whiteout tool and retype over it with Add text.
Is my document uploaded to a server?
No. The whole editor runs in your browser tab: rendering, editing and rebuilding the PDF all happen on your device. Your files never leave your computer.