PDF Editor Online Free — Make PDF Editable
Edit text like Microsoft Word, highlight, draw, erase, and crop — right in your browser
Drop your PDF here to start editing
or click to browse — digital PDFs and scanned documents supported
Maximum 100 MB for guests, higher for signed-in and Pro users
Upload your PDF
Open any PDF file. The editor analyzes paragraphs and makes text clickable for editing.
Click text to edit
Use Select mode, click a paragraph, and type — text reflows like Word. Add highlights, shapes, or new text boxes from the toolbar.
Save & download
Click Save to apply changes and download your edited PDF. Use Ctrl+Z to undo mistakes.
Guide
Free Online PDF Editor: Edit PDF Text, Add Text & Fill Forms
PdfPeaks PDF Editor is a free online PDF editor that works in the browser. You can edit existing PDF text with Word-style paragraph reflow, add new text and images, fill forms, highlight, draw, add shapes, erase areas, crop pages, find and replace text, and extract text from scans with OCR. The edited file downloads as a PDF. Erase hides content and is not certified redaction.
PdfPeaks is a free online PDF editor that runs in your browser. Upload a PDF, click the text you want to change and type over it, or add new text, images, highlights, drawings and form entries anywhere on the page. When you're happy with it, download the edited PDF.
Most quick fixes don't need Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat. A misspelled name, an old date, a form to complete, a note in the margin. Text editing here works by paragraph, so when you change a sentence the rest of that paragraph reflows the way it would in Word, instead of leaving a gap or printing over the old words.
The editor also covers the jobs around editing. You can find and replace a word across the document, erase a block, crop a page, or pull text out of a scanned page with OCR. It works in current desktop and mobile browsers, so editing a PDF on a phone is possible too.
Need something the editor doesn't do? These PdfPeaks tools pair well with it:
Crop PDF: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/crop
Rotate PDF: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/rotate
Compress PDF: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/compress
Add Watermark to PDF: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/watermark
Make a Scanned PDF Searchable: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/makesearchable
How It Works
1. Upload your PDF. Drag it in or pick it from your device. Each page appears so you can edit it directly.
2. Choose what you want to do. The tools include Edit Text, Add Text, Form Fill, Highlight, Draw, Shapes, Insert Image, Erase, Crop, Find and Replace, and OCR / Extract Text.
3. To change existing text, click the paragraph and type. The paragraph reflows as you edit, so you can fix a typo, update a date or rewrite a sentence without retyping the page.
4. To add something new, use Add Text to type anywhere on the page, Insert Image to place a photo or logo, or Form Fill to complete fields. Highlight, Draw and Shapes are there for marking up a page.
5. To clean up, use Erase to cover unwanted content or Crop to trim margins. If the PDF is a scan, run OCR first so you can select and edit the text.
6. Use Find and Replace when the same word or number appears on several pages.
7. Check every page you touched. Zoom in on edited paragraphs, then download the finished PDF.
If your file is a scan and you want to search it afterward, see our guide: https://pdfpeaks.com/blog/article/make-scanned-pdf-searchable-ocr
To trim blank margins before editing, see: https://pdfpeaks.com/blog/article/how-to-crop-a-pdf-online
Security & Privacy
PDFs often carry personal details: names, CNIC numbers, addresses, salary figures, signatures. Before you edit, decide what the file really needs to contain, and take out anything it doesn't.
One point matters a lot here. Erase hides or covers content on the page. It is not certified redaction. If you need information gone for good, such as a CNIC number in a document you're about to share, use a proper redaction workflow, then try selecting and searching for the text afterward to confirm it is really gone.
Edit only documents you have the right to change. This editor is for fixing your own files, completing your own forms and annotating documents you're allowed to mark up. Please don't use it to alter official records, certificates or financial documents to mislead anyone.
After you download, store the edited PDF somewhere private and delete extra copies from shared or office computers.
Common Use Cases
Fixing a mistake without the source file. A typo in a name, a wrong date or an outdated phone number in a PDF you no longer have the Word file for. Click the text, correct it and download.
Completing forms. Job applications, bank forms, university admission forms, visa and appointment forms. Fill the fields and download the finished copy.
Marking up documents. Students can highlight study notes, and reviewers can draw, add shapes and leave comments on a draft contract or report.
Updating quotes and letters. Change an amount, a validity date or a recipient on an existing PDF instead of rebuilding it.
Working with scans. Run OCR on a scanned document so the text can be selected, searched and edited. For a searchable copy, use https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/makesearchable
Tidying pages. Crop away dark scanner edges with https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/crop, straighten sideways pages with https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/rotate, and shrink the final file for email or portal uploads with https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/compress
Branding. Add a watermark with https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/watermark after you've finished your edits.
Starting from Word. If the original is a Word file, converting it to PDF first often gives cleaner results: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/convertfromword
Tips for Best Results
Check fonts after editing. If the original font isn't embedded in the PDF, the editor substitutes a close one, so the new text may look slightly different. Zoom in and compare before you download.
Edit one paragraph at a time. Make a change, glance at the result, then move on. It's easier to catch a layout problem early.
Keep a copy of the original. Save your untouched PDF before you start so you can always go back.
Use OCR for scans. A scanned page is just a picture. Run OCR first so the text becomes selectable, and expect to proofread the result, especially with small print or low-quality scans.
For complex layouts, expect to adjust. Tables, multi-column pages and designed brochures can reflow differently from simple text pages. If a layout breaks, undo and try editing a smaller piece, or use Add Text for the small change.
Use Find and Replace for repeated values. It saves time on invoice numbers, company names and dates that appear on every page, but still check each page afterward.
Compress last. If the finished PDF is too large to upload, compress it as the final step so you don't recompress while you're still editing: https://pdfpeaks.com/pdf/compress
Don't rely on Erase for confidential data. Treat it as a visual fix, not a security measure.