A name spelled wrong, a date out of date, a form that arrives as a flat PDF with nowhere to type: most PDFs need a small fix at some point, and the usual fix is an upload to a server, an account, or a paid plan. This edit pdf online free tool does both jobs in your browser instead. Edit the text in a PDF, cover words you want to hide, and turn the same PDF into a fillable form with text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns and date fields. It is free, needs no sign-up, and runs entirely on your own device, so your documents are never uploaded to a server.
Unlike the upload-and-wait editors that send your file away and cap the free tier at a few pages, everything here happens locally. The finished PDF downloads as a real document with real AcroForm fields, so it opens and fills in Adobe Reader, Chrome, Preview and most PDF apps, with nothing locked to this site.
Key features
- Edit PDF text: click anywhere on a page to add text, or drag a white cover box over words you want to hide and type the replacement on top. Text sizes from 10 to 24 pt.
- Make a PDF fillable: drag a box where a field belongs and pick text field, checkbox, dropdown or date field. Name each field, and list dropdown choices one per line.
- Real fillable PDF: the download uses standard AcroForm fields, so anyone can fill it in, save it and print it in their usual PDF reader.
- Every page covered: move between pages, edit each one, and download a single finished PDF with all your changes.
- Private by design: the file is read and rebuilt on your device. There is no upload, no account and no copy left on a server.
How to edit text in a PDF
Drop your PDF onto the tool, or choose it from your device. In Edit text mode, click anywhere on the page to add new text there, and edit the words or the size in the list below the page. To replace existing words, drag a white cover box over them first, then click on the box and type the replacement. The preview shows exactly where each change sits, and you can drag any change to move it, or delete it from the list. Click Download PDF when you are done.
How to make a PDF fillable
Switch to the Make fillable form tab, pick a field type, then drag a box where the field belongs. Text fields take typed answers, checkboxes take ticks, dropdowns take a list of choices, and date fields take dates. Give every field its own name, because the name is what the finished form shows, and for a dropdown list one choice per line. Download the PDF and it is ready to send: the person who receives it types straight into it in Adobe Reader, Chrome or Preview.
Honest limits
Replacement text is set in Helvetica, so it may not match the font of the original document. Cover boxes are plain white, so they show on coloured or patterned backgrounds. A cover box hides text on screen and on print, but it does not delete the words from the file, so they can still be copied out of it; if the words must be gone for good, rebuild the page from its source document instead. There is no signature field, no calculated fields and no handwriting support, and password protected PDFs cannot be opened. Files up to 25 MB and 20 pages are accepted, because all the work happens on your device. For a longer PDF, split it first with the Free PDF Tools page, edit each part here, then merge them back.
Private by design
Like every Savozi tool, this one runs entirely in your browser. Your PDFs are never uploaded to our server, so there is no server copy and no account holding your documents. It is part of our free PDF tools collection: merge, split, rotate and tidy PDFs, convert files to Markdown, flatten curved page photos, read scanned pages into text, and now edit text and make forms fillable, all free, with no account and nothing to install.