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To edit a PDF here, open it, click a line of text on the page and type; the caret lands where you clicked. The editor replaces the text where it sits, and in our test the edited line kept its font family and size. Click empty space to add new text in the size and colour you pick, add an image and drag it into place, white out a line or remove every image. Nothing is written into the file until you press Download edited PDF, and in our test no account was needed to edit or download. Use it when you no longer have the source file and one name, date or number in the PDF is wrong. Scanned pages and existing right-to-left lines such as Persian or Arabic cannot be edited in place.
Our own one-page test invoice (no personal data), edited on indox.org
Click a line on the page, type the new text and press Enter. Escape cancels. The edit replaces that line's text where it sits. In our test the edited line stayed in the same font family and size (14 pt), but the file came back with a full copy of the font in place of the original subset and was much larger (see the measured run above). If the same line repeats on the page, the editor warns you that all of them will change.
In Find & replace, type the words to find and what to put in their place. Match case and Whole words narrow the matches. Replace changes the current match and Replace all changes every match, with the count on the button.
Add image puts a PNG or JPEG straight onto the page you are looking at. Drag it to move it, drag a corner to resize it, or use the arrow keys and + or −. Click empty space on the page to add new text in the size and colour you choose, from the suggested inks or any colour. In our test the added text was drawn in the page's own font at 14 pt, at the point we clicked. New text is one line in one style and the file can cut it at the page edge, and the editor shows no warning if it has to use another font, so zoom in on what you add. Each addition shows in the Changes list with an X to take it back, and Undo works too.
Whiteout lays a white box over a line of text. It covers the line on the page only. The words stay in the file and can still be selected, copied or found, so use it only to cover text for the eye.
Remove images strips all the pictures from the PDF when you download. A confirmation asks first, because it affects the whole file.
The editor runs in your browser, so the steps are the same on an iPhone, an Android phone or a Mac. Nothing to install. These edit tools are not on the larger-screen-only list.
Put your PDF in the upload area. It opens in the editor with Edit text & images ready, under Edit in the tool list. If it asks for a password, enter it and press Unlock.
Click a line of text on the page and type; Enter or a click elsewhere keeps the change. Click empty space to start new text. Text and Whiteout switch what a click does, and Add image and Remove images sit under them. Find & replace is in the Edit list.
Check each row in Changes. The X beside a row takes that change back, and Undo steps back one edit. Zoom in on every line you changed.
Press Download edited PDF. Your edits are written into the file and the edited PDF downloads.
You edit text on the page itself, so you see the real layout while you work. Below are our measurements on one sample, including what an edit does to fonts and file size and what whiteout leaves behind in the file. In our test you could edit and download without signing up.
| What you see | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Clicking the page selects no line of text. | The PDF is a scan, so the page holds a picture and no text lines. | Run OCR PDF to add a text layer, then open the result here and check how it edits. |
| A message says right-to-left text can't be edited in place yet. | The line you clicked is in a right-to-left script such as Persian, Arabic or Hebrew. | Edit the other lines. This line stays as it is. |
| A message says the line appears a number of times and all of them will be changed. | The same text repeats on that page, and a text edit replaces every copy on the page. | Go on if every copy should change. Otherwise take the change back with the X in Changes or Undo. |
| Download fails and says the text was not found on a page. | The text to replace no longer matches the page's text, so nothing could be changed. | Remove that change from the Changes list and make it again from the line on the page. |
| A page says This PDF is password-protected. | The file needs its password before it can be opened. | Enter the password and press Unlock, or try another file. |
| Text under a whiteout box can still be selected. | Whiteout is a white image over the line. The text is still in the file. | Use Redact PDF or Redact Text when text has to be removed. |
| The downloaded file is many times larger than the one you opened. | A text edit puts a full copy of the font in the file in place of the original subset. In our test a 43 KB invoice came back at 753 to 806 KB. | If size matters, run Compress PDF on the result and check that the lines still look right. |
| A changed line looks a little different in the downloaded file. | The edit rewrites the line with a full copy of its font, and the editor shows no warning if it has to use a different one. In our test the family and size stayed the same. | Zoom in on each changed line in the downloaded file before you send it. Take the change back and redo it if it is wrong. |
| Text you added runs off the right edge of the page. | Added text is one line, and the file can cut it at the page edge without a warning. | Keep new text short, or add it as two lines in two additions, then check the downloaded file. |
The edit and whiteout rows come from our measured run. The font subset rule is in ISO 32000-1, section 9.6.4.
| Method | Does the original text stay in the file? | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Edit a line in place | No, the line's text is replaced. In our test the extracted text of the page showed only the new wording. | A name, date or number is wrong and the source file is gone. |
| Add text | Yes. Existing lines are untouched and new text is added on top. | You need a note or a label on the page. |
| Whiteout | Yes. In our test the covered line was still extracted from the downloaded file. | You only need to cover a line for the eye. |
| Redact PDF | It is meant to remove the text from the file. Check the result on your own file. | The text has to be gone, not just hidden. |
A name, a number or a date is wrong in a PDF and the original file is gone. Click the line and retype it.
An invoice, a CV or a letter needs one line changed, or an image swapped, before it goes back out.
Open the page, add the file and edit it in the browser. Nothing to install.
Facts checked on November 4, 2026
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Yes, if the PDF has real text. Click a line on the page, type the new wording and press Enter. The line is replaced where it sits. The editor runs in your browser, so the steps are the same on a phone or a Mac. Scanned pages and right-to-left text cannot be edited this way.
In our test no account was needed: we opened the editor, made edits and downloaded the edited PDF with no sign-up dialog. Files on the free tier are kept for 24 hours after the job finishes, then deleted automatically. Output from a signed-in account stays in your history for your plan's retention period.
Open the PDF, choose Whiteout in the toolbar and click a line of text. A white box is placed over it; the X in Changes or Undo takes it back. It does not remove the text. In our test the covered line was still extracted from the downloaded file by pdfplumber and pdftotext, so it can be selected, copied or found. To remove text for good, use Redact PDF or Redact Text.
In our test, yes for a line edit. We added text to a line set in DejaVu Sans 14 pt in a test invoice and it came back in DejaVu Sans at 14 pt. PDFs often embed only the letters they use, a font subset (ISO 32000-1, section 9.6.4). We typed a digit that our subset did not contain and it came out correctly, drawn in a full copy of the font, with no missing-glyph box. That was one digit in one file, and the editor shows no warning if it uses another font, so zoom in on each changed line before you send the file.
A text edit replaces the original font subset with a full embedded copy of the font. In our test a 43 KB invoice came back at 806 KB after an edit, an added line and a whiteout, and at 753 KB after one edit. Other lines kept their text and fonts.
Open Find & replace in the Edit list. Type what to find and what to replace it with. Match case and Whole words narrow the matches. Replace changes the current match and Replace all changes every match. Then download the PDF.
For text, click empty space on the page and type; pick its size and colour in the panel. For a picture, press Add image and choose a PNG or JPEG: it appears on the page, where you drag it into place and drag a corner to resize it. Each addition appears in Changes, where an X removes it.
Not in place yet. When you click a right-to-left line, the editor says that right-to-left text cannot be edited in place yet. You can edit the other lines on the page.
Not directly. A scan is a picture of text, so the page has no lines to click. OCR PDF can add a text layer, but check the result, because how well the recognized text edits depends on the scan.
The usual reasons are a scanned page with no text lines, a line in a right-to-left script, or a password you have not entered yet. If the download fails with a message that text was not found on a page, remove that change and redo it from the line on the page. A fillable form is better filled with Fill PDF Form.