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Watermark PDF

Lay a watermark of words or of a picture over the pages of a PDF. Free, with no account or uploads.

Drop a PDF to watermark

Lay words or a picture over its pages, as faint and as large as you like, then download the result. You can also paste a file with ⌘V or Ctrl+V.

  • PDF

Stays on your device · up to 300 MB

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

  • Words or a pictureDRAFT, Confidential, a name, or a logo of your own, laid over the middle of each page, from corner to corner or level.
  • As faint and as large as you likeSet how solid it is and how much of the page it takes, in grey, red, blue or black, on all pages or on the ones you name.
  • Honest about what it isA watermark is laid over the page; the page under it is not changed. On download it becomes part of the page, unless you keep it editable.
  • Nothing is uploadedThe file is opened and marked on your device, with no account and no limit on pages.

This is the PDF editor, opened for watermarks. Its other tools (text, pictures, shapes, highlights, signing) are behind “All tools”.

A little help along the way

Follow the steps below. Every option is explained underneath.

  1. Open the PDFDrop the PDF, choose it from your device or paste it. A locked file asks for its password. The panel for watermarks opens beside the pages.
  2. Type the words, or choose a pictureDRAFT, Confidential, a name; or a logo as a PNG, JPEG, WebP or AVIF. See-through parts of a picture stay see-through.
  3. Set how it looksFrom corner to corner or level, how solid it is, how much of the page it takes, and its colour.
  4. Choose the pagesLeave Pages empty for every page, or type the pages: 2-, 1-3, 7, odd or even.
  5. Add and downloadPress Add. The watermark is on the pages at once, and one undo takes it away. Then press Download.
Every option explained
What a watermark is here
Words or a picture laid over the page. The page under it is not changed. On download it becomes part of the page, so that other programs show it as you see it.
It does not protect a file
A watermark says something to whoever reads the page. It does not stop anyone from copying the text under it, and a program that edits PDFs can take it off again.
Each watermark is a thing of its own
On each page it can be selected, moved, resized, turned or deleted. Keep what you added editable, in the download options, leaves it that way in the file too.
Pictures
The picture goes into the file once, however many pages show it.
All tools
This page is the PDF editor, opened for watermarks. All tools shows the rest: text, pictures, shapes, highlights and signing.
Read the step-by-step guide