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How to edit a PDF

Sometimes you need to fix a typo, add a note, highlight a section or sign a document without printing it. A PDF editor lets you do all of this directly in your browser.

This guide shows how to edit PDFs for free — including text editing, highlighting, drawing, shapes, comments, signatures and stamps.

Open the Edit PDF tool

Edit a PDF in your browser

A full editor with text, drawing, shapes, comments, signatures and more.

  1. 1Open the Edit PDF tool.
  2. 2Drop your PDF or click to select it.
  3. 3Pick a tool: edit text, highlight, draw, add shapes, comment, sign or stamp.
  4. 4Make your edits — use undo/redo anytime.
  5. 5Download the finished PDF with all edits baked in.

What you can do

Edit text — click existing text to change it, or add new text boxes anywhere.

Highlight — mark passages with a transparent color overlay.

Draw — freehand drawing for annotations, circles, arrows and more.

Sign — type or draw your signature and place it on any page.

Comment — add sticky notes and text comments for review.

Tips for editing

Use Ctrl/⌘+Z to undo and Ctrl/⌘+Shift+Z to redo.

Zoom in for precise positioning of text and signatures.

All edits are flattened into the PDF when you download — what you see is what you get.

Frequently asked questions

Ready to try it?

Edit text, highlight, draw, sign and annotate a PDF, then download it.

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