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Edit PDF Text

Click any line of a PDF to change or delete it, or add new text. Fix a typo, update a date or a price, or remove a line from a PDF. Click the text on the page, type the new words and download the edited copy. You can also add text anywhere on the page.

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Choose the PDF

It opens here, in your browser, ready to edit.

Single file · Max 256 MB

Core processing stays in this browser after the page loads. Large files use device memory and may run slower.

Edit PDF / in place

Change the words in a PDF where they are, instead of hunting for the original Word file.

Quick answer

How do I edit text in a PDF?

Add the PDF and click the line you want to change. Type the new text, or clear it to delete the line, and press Enter. Use Add text to write somewhere new. Then select Download edited PDF. The old words are removed from the file, not just covered, and the new ones are set in the closest standard font at the original size and colour. Everything happens in your browser, so the PDF is not uploaded.

Privacy by default

The PDF is edited in this browser tab. The file and your changes stay on your device.

The edit PDF workflow

How to edit text in a PDF

Click, type, download

  1. 01

    Add your PDF

    Choose the file; its text is found and shown on the pages.

  2. 02

    Click a line and type

    Change the words, clear them to delete the line, or switch to Add text to write somewhere new.

  3. 03

    Download the edited PDF

    Save the new copy; the original file is not changed.

Why edit PDFs here

Change the words without retyping the document

Edit, delete and add text

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Click the text to change it

Lines are found on the page, so you edit the words where they are.

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Old words are really gone

Changed and deleted text is cut out of the file, so it cannot be copied or searched afterwards.

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Same size and colour

New text keeps the original size and colour, in the closest standard font.

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Add text anywhere

Type on any page, including scanned pages that have no text of their own.

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Works locally after the page loads

The PDF is edited in your browser tab and never sent to a server.

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No account, no watermark

Edit and download without registration, a subscription or a stamp on your file.

Fonts, scans and privacy

Edit PDF FAQs

Fonts, scans and privacy

How do I edit text in a PDF for free?

Add the PDF, click the line you want to change, type the new text and download the edited copy. There is no signup and no watermark.

Is the old text really removed?

Yes, where the PDF allows it: the old words are cut out of the page, so they cannot be copied or searched. If some text cannot be cut out, for example because it is part of a picture, it is covered with a white box and you are told.

Will the new text match the original font?

It uses the closest standard font (Helvetica, Times or Courier, in bold or italic as needed) at the original size and colour. Embedded fonts usually contain only the letters the document already uses, so they cannot be reused for new words.

Can I edit a scanned PDF?

A scan is a picture of the page, so there is no text to click. Use Add text to type over it.

Can I add new text?

Yes. Switch to Add text and click where you want to write. It works in any language, including Chinese, Arabic and Hindi.

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. The PDF is opened and edited in your browser tab, and it never leaves your device.

Learn before you process

PDF guides for this workflow

Get the answer, understand the trade-offs, then use the focused tool when you are ready.

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A neutral guide to choosing a PDF tool when privacy matters: the questions to ask, a five-minute test you can run yourself, and which kind of tool fits which document.

Read the privacy guide

Browser-local PDF processing vs cloud upload

How each approach moves your document, what each is good and bad at, how to verify a privacy claim yourself, and what neither protects.

Read the comparison guide

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Verify it yourself

Your file is not uploaded. Here is how to check.

The core tools run inside your browser tab, so a document you open here is not sent to FreePDFKit or to anyone else. You can confirm that in about a minute.

  1. Step 1

    Open the tool and let it load

    Wait until the page has finished loading.

  2. Step 2

    Open your browser’s developer tools

    Press F12 (or Cmd+Option+I on a Mac) and switch to the Network tab.

  3. Step 3

    Run the tool on a test file

    Choose a non-sensitive file of the type the tool accepts and process it as usual.

  4. Step 4

    Look for a request that carries the file

    You will not find one. The page loads its own scripts, then the work happens in your browser.

What backs this up

  • Open-source libraries in the page. PDF handling uses libraries such as pdf-lib and Mozilla’s PDF.js, which run in your browser.
  • No PDF endpoint on the server. The only server routes are the contact form and the social-preview image generator.
  • A restrictive security policy. The site’s Content-Security-Policy limits the fetch and XHR connections page scripts can make to our own origin and Cloudflare’s anti-spam check, plus Google Analytics, which receives page views only.

Step-by-step checks, including an offline test, in how to check if a PDF tool uploads your file. More detail in the privacy policy and how this compares with other no-upload options.