Free PDF tools that keep every file on your device
Sixteen PDF tools that run entirely inside this page. The file you open is read from your own disk and processed in memory — it is never uploaded, no server ever receives it, and there is no account to create. Free files up to 50 MB, 20 at a time.
Everything you need for PDFs
Pick a tool and get going. No sign-up, no upload, no waiting.
Merge PDF
Combine multiple PDFs into one, in any order.
✂️Split PDF
Extract pages or ranges into a new PDF.
🔄Rotate PDF
Turn pages 90°, 180° or fix orientation.
🗑️Delete Pages
Remove unwanted pages visually.
🖼️JPG to PDF
Turn images into a tidy PDF document.
📸PDF to JPG
Export every page as a JPG image.
🔒Encrypt PDF
Password-protect your document.
📉Compress PDF
Shrink file size for easy sharing.
🔀Organize Pages
Reorder and delete pages by dragging.
💧Watermark
Stamp text or an image on every page.
🔢Page Numbers
Add page numbers in any position.
⬚Crop PDF
Trim margins or crop to a selection.
🔓Unlock PDF
Remove a password you already know.
🖊️Fill a PDF Form
Type into form fields, or add text to a scanned page.
✍️Sign PDF
Add a handwritten or image signature.
✏️Annotate & Markup
Add text, highlights, shapes and markup.
How it works
Three steps. Zero servers. Your files stay on your device the entire time.
Choose a tool
Pick from merge, split, convert, encrypt and more.
Add your files
Drag & drop. Processing happens in your browser with WebAssembly & JavaScript.
Download
Grab your result instantly. Nothing was ever uploaded.
Frequently asked
No. Every tool runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device, so there is nothing for us to see, store, or leak.
No installation, no sign-up, no plugins. Open a tool page and start working immediately in any modern browser.
You can process files up to 50 MB, and up to 20 files per task. Because everything runs locally in your browser, very large files mainly depend on your device's available memory.
Yes. Every one of the 16 tools — including Compress — is completely free, with no sign-up. Compression runs right in your browser like the rest.
We apply standard PDF password protection in your browser. Choose a strong password — we never see it and cannot recover it for you.
Yes. The site is fully responsive. Note that very large files may be limited by your phone's available memory.
Guides from actually fixing these files
Every tool above has a written guide behind it — what goes wrong, why it goes wrong, and the order to try things in. Written from support work, not from a product page.
How to password-protect a PDF without locking yourself out
Locking a PDF is easy; keeping it usable is the hard part. When to protect a file, open vs permission passwords, and habits that prevent access headaches.
Read article →How to extract pages from a PDF without breaking the layout
Pull out the pages you need without cropped content, flipped orientation, or numbering that stops making sense. A practical, clean-result guide.
Read article →The easiest way to send large PDF files without endless back-and-forth
Too big for email, too slow on mobile, "can you resend it?" Here's how to choose between compressing, splitting, or sharing a link so files just go through.
Read article →How to sign a PDF without printing anything
Stop printing just to sign. Here's which signing method fits which document, how to keep signatures clean and professional, and how to send them back right.
Read article →How to merge PDF files without ending up with a total mess
Mixed page sizes, sideways pages, wrong order. Here's a simple prep-merge-review system for combining PDFs into one clean, shareable document.
Read article →Scanned PDFs are a mess: here's how to make them searchable
A scan looks like a document but acts like a photo — no search, no copy. Here's what OCR actually does, why it fails, and how to make scans usable.
Read article →Why PDFs always break at the worst possible time
The deadline's close, you send the file — and the fonts, spacing, or margins fall apart. Here's why PDFs break and how to stop it before it embarrasses you.
Read article →How to compress a PDF without ruining quality
Why PDFs get huge, how to tell image-heavy from text-heavy files, and how to shrink one without making the text fuzzy or the charts unreadable.
Read article →Why your PDF form won't work and how to fix it
Fields won't type, checkboxes freeze, answers vanish after saving. Here's why fillable PDF forms break across devices and apps — and how to fix them.
Read article →How to edit a PDF without paying for expensive software
Most edits are tiny — a date, a name, a stray page. Here's how to pick the cheapest, least risky way to fix a PDF without wrecking its fonts or layout.
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