Sign PDF

Draw or type your signature, or use a picture of it, and place it on a PDF. Free, with no account or uploads.

Drop a PDF to sign

Draw your signature, type it or use a picture of it, place it where it belongs, fill in what else the page asks for, and download the result. You can also paste a file with ⌘V or Ctrl+V.

Choose a file

Stays on your device · up to 300 MB

Keep a draft on this device

Off, nothing is kept: closing the tab loses changes that were not downloaded. On, the file and your changes are kept in this browser until you close the file or throw the draft away. Nothing is sent anywhere.

What you can do

Draw, type or use a pictureSign with a mouse, a pen or a finger, type your name in a hand of your choice, or use a photo of your signature: the paper is taken out and only the ink is placed.
Fill in the restType into the blanks of a form, tick and cross its boxes, and add today's date with one press.
Remembered only if you askYour signature can be kept in this browser for the next time, and forgotten again. It is never sent anywhere.
Nothing is uploadedThe file is opened and signed on your device. A signature made here is like ink on paper; it is not a certificate that proves who signed.

This is the PDF editor, opened for signing and filling in. Its other tools (pictures, shapes, stamps, highlights and notes) are behind “All tools”.

A little help along the way

Follow the steps below. Every option is explained underneath.

Open the PDFDrop the PDF, choose it from your device or paste it. A locked file asks for its password. The signature window opens as soon as the file does.
Make your signatureDraw it on the line with a mouse, a pen or a finger. Or type your name and pick one of four hands. Or choose a photo of your signature on paper: the paper is taken out and only the ink is kept.
Place itPress Place it on the page. The signature lands in the middle of the page you are reading; drag it to the line and pull a corner to size it. Go to another page and press Sign again for the next one.
Fill in the restThe text tool types into the blanks of a form. The tick tool marks its boxes with a tick, a cross or a dot. The calendar button adds today's date.
DownloadPress Download. What you added becomes part of the page, the file is read back and checked, and your browser saves it.

Every option explained

Draw: A pad to sign on, in black or blue ink. It is kept as lines, not as a picture, so it stays sharp at any size and adds almost nothing to the file. Clear starts again.
Type: Your name in one of four fonts that look written by hand: Great Vibes, Sacramento, Kalam and La Belle Aurore. The font is put into the file, cut down to the letters of your name.
Picture: A photo or scan of your signature on light paper, as PNG, JPEG or WebP. The paper is made see-through and the picture is cut to the ink, so it sits on a form without a white patch around it. If no ink can be told from the paper, the window says so.
Initials: The same three ways, for the smaller mark that goes at the foot of each page. Signature and initials are remembered apart.
Remember it on this device: Off unless you turn it on, each time. On, the signature is kept in this browser's own storage for the next time you sign, on this device only. It is never sent anywhere. Forget it removes it. Do not turn it on at a computer other people use.
What kind of signature this is: A picture or drawing of your signature placed on the page, as you would sign paper. That is what most forms and letters ask for. It is not a digital signature made with a certificate; for that, see below.
Signing with a certificate: A digital signature made with your certificate (a .p12 or .pfx file, such as an e-ID, a company certificate or one your own software made) is added at download: turn on “Sign with a certificate”, choose the file, type its password and press Open to see who it names. It can show nowhere, in a box at the foot of a page, or in one of the file's empty places for a signature. It is added last, as an update after the file, so it covers everything, and it is read back before you download. A file that was signed before keeps that signature valid. The certificate and its password are read on this device and are never kept or sent. Programs that check signatures say whether the file changed since; whether to trust the certificate is theirs to say, from the issuers they know. A certificate that has expired, a file locked with a password, and keys other than RSA and elliptic-curve (P-256, P-384, P-521) are not signed with.
Ticks, crosses and dots: For the boxes and circles of a paper form. Choose the mark, then press each box; the tool stays in hand. A mark can be moved and resized afterwards like anything else. Key: X.
Today's date: Written the way your device writes dates, as a text box you can move, restyle or retype.
All tools: This page is the PDF editor, opened for signing. All tools shows the rest: pictures, shapes, stamps, highlights and notes.

Read the step-by-step guide