PDFPA

Edit PDF

Edit detected text and add new content directly on your PDF pages with a visual editor before export.

Choose a PDF to edit

Drag and drop your PDF here, or browse files

One PDF · Up to 200 MB · No daily limit · Unlimited use

Visual PDF editing

Make practical edits without rebuilding the whole document

Edit detected text or add new visual elements while preserving unchanged page content.

Edit detected PDF text

Replace detected text in text-based PDFs and adjust common formatting and placement.

Add text and images

Place new text plus PNG, JPG or WebP images on a page, then move and resize them.

Highlight, draw and add shapes

Use highlights, rectangles, circles, lines and freehand drawing for notes, markup and visual emphasis.

Cover unwanted areas

Use whiteout-style cover blocks when you need to visually hide content in a working copy. This is not secure redaction.

How to edit a PDF online

Upload the PDF, make visual changes, then export a new document.

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Upload your PDF

Choose one PDF up to 200 MB and open it in the page editor.

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Make your edits

Replace detected text or add text, images, shapes, highlights, whiteout blocks and freehand drawing.

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Export the edited PDF

Create a new PDF with your changes while leaving the original file on your device unchanged.

Temporary processing with automatic cleanup

Your file is processed temporarily to create the requested result. Normal completed results remain available for up to 10 minutes and are then removed automatically.

Short result window

Uploaded and generated files are temporary processing files rather than documents stored in a permanent public library.

Delete when finished

Use Delete result on the completion screen if you want to request removal before automatic cleanup.

Online PDF editing

Edit PDF text and visual content in one browser workspace

A PDF preserves page appearance, so quick changes are harder than in a word processor. PDFPA provides an online PDF editor for common corrections and annotations without desktop software or a public account.

Correct text and add new content where it is needed

Text-based PDFs can contain selectable text objects. PDFPA detects those blocks so you can replace wording and adjust font size, color, alignment and position. This works well for correcting a typo, updating a date or revising a short section without rebuilding the document.

You can also add text boxes and PNG, JPG or WebP images, then move and resize them visually. Highlights, lines, shapes and drawing tools support review and markup workflows.

Understand the limits of browser-based PDF editing

Complex embedded fonts, fragmented text, scanned pages and highly designed layouts can limit direct editing. A scanned PDF may contain only an image of text, so there may be no editable text object underneath. Whiteout only covers content visually and is not secure redaction.

PDFPA creates a separate edited result and does not overwrite the source file. There is currently no daily editing quota; normal per-job and anti-abuse protections still apply. Completed results are temporary and automatically cleaned up.

Editing help

Edit PDF FAQ

Answers about editable text, images, markup, limits and privacy.