Are my PDFs uploaded anywhere?

No. Every PDF tool here parses the file with JavaScript and WebAssembly inside the browser tab. The file is read from your disk into memory and the result is written back to your downloads folder; nothing is transmitted, which is why these tools also work with the network disconnected.

Why does my converted Word document lose the layout?

Because a PDF does not record paragraphs, headings or tables: only positioned text. Converting to DOCX means inferring that structure back from coordinates, and the inference is imperfect for multi-column layouts and complex tables. Text and reading order convert reliably; exact visual layout does not.

How large a PDF can these tools handle?

There is no imposed limit, but the whole file has to fit in your browser tab's memory alongside the working copy. Documents up to roughly a hundred megabytes are routine on a desktop; on a phone, expect that ceiling to be much lower, and expect page rendering to be the slowest step.

Can I remove a password from a PDF here?

No. Decrypting a protected PDF requires the password, and a tool that claims to remove one without it is either wrong or describing an owner password, which was never a security measure. If you hold the password, a desktop PDF editor is the right place to re-save the file without encryption.

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PDF Tools

Merge, split, compress, sign, convert and extract: without a PDF becoming an upload.

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All PDF Tools

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Organise pages · Combine, split, reorder, rotate and trim pages.

PDF Merge

Combine multiple PDF files into one document with drag-and-drop reordering

PDF Split

Split a PDF into individual pages or custom page ranges in your browser

Reorder PDF Pages

Drag and drop PDF pages into any order and save the rearranged document

Rotate PDF

Rotate all or selected PDF pages by 90, 180 or 270 degrees

Delete PDF Pages

Remove specific pages from a PDF document quickly in browser

Crop PDF

Crop margins or trim PDF pages to a custom size

Convert from PDF · Turn pages into Word, images or plain text, including scans.

PDF to Word (DOCX)

Extract text from a PDF and convert it into an editable Word DOCX file locally

PDF to Image

Convert each PDF page to high-quality JPG or PNG images in your browser

Extract Text from PDF

Pull all text content out of any PDF file and copy or download as TXT

Extract Images from PDF

Extract all embedded images from a PDF and download them individually

PDF OCR

Extract text from scanned or image-based PDFs using OCR technology in browser

Create a PDF · Make a PDF from photos, web pages or plain text.

Image to PDF

Combine one or multiple JPG or PNG images into a single PDF document

HTML to PDF

Convert HTML content into a paginated PDF document in your browser

Text to PDF

Convert plain text content into a formatted PDF document

Edit, sign and protect · Stamp, number, sign, fill in and redact.

Sign PDF

Draw, type or upload a signature and place it on any PDF page

Fill PDF Forms

Fill in interactive PDF form fields directly in your browser

Add Watermark

Stamp a text watermark such as CONFIDENTIAL or DRAFT onto every PDF page

Add Page Numbers

Add automatic page numbers to any position on every PDF page

Add Header & Footer

Insert custom header and footer text into every PDF page

Redact PDF

Permanently black out sensitive text or regions in a PDF

Compress and flatten · Make files smaller, and flatten forms and annotations into the page.

Compress PDF

Shrink a PDF by rebuilding its structure or compressing scanned page images

Flatten PDF

Flatten form fields and annotations into the PDF page content

Compare and inspect · Compare two versions and check document properties.

Compare PDFs

Highlight differences between two PDF documents side by side

PDF Metadata Editor

View and edit title, author, subject and keywords stored in a PDF

Often used alongside these, from other categories.

About these PDF Tools

PDF is a layout format, not a document format: it stores where each glyph sits on the page rather than what the text means. That single fact explains most of what surprises people here: why extracted text arrives with odd line breaks, why a scanned page needs OCR before any tool can read it, and why "editing" a PDF is usually a rebuild rather than a change. The tools in this category work on the real structure of the file, in your browser, so a contract or a payslip never becomes an upload to somebody else's server.

Choosing between these PDF Tools

Start by asking whether the PDF has text or pictures of text

A PDF exported from Word contains selectable text; a PDF from a scanner or a phone camera contains images. Text extraction, search and compare only work on the first kind. If selecting text in a viewer gives you nothing, run PDF OCR first: every other tool will behave better afterwards.

Compression trades against the thing you care about

Most PDF size comes from embedded images, so compression means re-encoding them. If the document is a scanned form you need to read, keep quality high and accept a larger file. If it is a slide deck going into an email, a much smaller file is usually indistinguishable on screen.

Page operations are lossless, content operations are not

Merging, splitting, rotating, reordering and deleting pages copy page objects untouched: the text and images are bit-for-bit what they were. Converting to Word or images, compressing, or flattening forms all rewrite content. Do the lossless steps first and the lossy step once, at the end.

Redaction is not the same as drawing a black box

A rectangle drawn over text in most editors sits above the text, which is still in the file and still copyable. Redaction has to remove the underlying content. If the goal is that nobody can recover a name or an account number, that distinction is the whole job.

Questions people ask

Are my PDFs uploaded anywhere?: No. Every PDF tool here parses the file with JavaScript and WebAssembly inside the browser tab. The file is read from your disk into memory and the result is written back to your downloads folder; nothing is transmitted, which is why these tools also work with the network disconnected.
Why does my converted Word document lose the layout?: Because a PDF does not record paragraphs, headings or tables: only positioned text. Converting to DOCX means inferring that structure back from coordinates, and the inference is imperfect for multi-column layouts and complex tables. Text and reading order convert reliably; exact visual layout does not.
How large a PDF can these tools handle?: There is no imposed limit, but the whole file has to fit in your browser tab's memory alongside the working copy. Documents up to roughly a hundred megabytes are routine on a desktop; on a phone, expect that ceiling to be much lower, and expect page rendering to be the slowest step.
Can I remove a password from a PDF here?: No. Decrypting a protected PDF requires the password, and a tool that claims to remove one without it is either wrong or describing an owner password, which was never a security measure. If you hold the password, a desktop PDF editor is the right place to re-save the file without encryption.

Guides on this topic

Turning photos into a PDF, and finding what changed between two versionsTwelve photos of pages is not a document until something gives them an order, a page size and a sensible resolution.Merging PDFs: what gets preserved, what quietly breaksMerging looks trivial until a signed form comes out blank or a 3 MB and 4 MB file produce a 12 MB result. Both have the same cause.Taking pages out of a PDF: split, delete, extract, and which you wantThree buttons that look like the same operation. The difference is how many files come out and what happens to everything you did not select.Getting a PDF under a strict upload limit, without destroying itWhen a portal rejects your document at 1.2 MB against a 1 MB cap, panic-compressing to the lowest setting is the wrong move. There is a better order to try things in.