The 13 Best Free PDF Editors (February 2024)

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Sejda

Sejda PDF Editor is one of the very few PDF editors that actually lets you edit pre-existing text in the PDF without adding a watermark. Most editors only let you change the text you add yourself, or they support text editing but then throw watermarks all over the place.

#PDF Tools #PDF Editor #PDF Creator 6 social mentions

2

PDFgear

PDFgear is a full toolkit for doing pretty much anything you could want to do with a PDF. A few reasons I include it in this list is that it starts up immediately without needing a user account, and it saves the document without any watermarks.

#PDF Tools #Productivity #HTML To PDF

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4

Canva

Unlike most free tools, Canva lets you fully edit text, and you don't need to sign up to do it. Click any text area to change what the text says and to adjust the font type, size, and color. You can also add hyperlinks to text and other objects, and special fonts are available to easily type out your signature.

#Design Tools #Image Marketplace #Graphic Design Software 221 social mentions

5

TinyWow

This is often my go-to website for PDF-related functions. TinyWow is an amazing service with loads of free PDF tools, one of which is this editor.

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6

PDF-XChange Editor

PDF-XChange Editor offers some great tools, but not all of them are free to use. If you use a non-free feature, the PDF will save with a watermark on every page.

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7

Inkscape

In the context of PDF editing, you should consider this software only if you want to delete or edit the images or text in the PDF. I suggest using a different tool in this list to edit forms or add shapes, and then plug that PDF into Inkscape if you need to actually edit the preexisting text.

#Graphic Design Software #Digital Drawing And Painting #Art Tools 482 social mentions

8

LibreOffice - Draw

#Diagrams #Flowcharts #Wireframing 1 user reviews

If there are multiple PDFs you want to merge into one document, SimplePDF can do that, too. You can also rearrange the pages, rotate them, and delete individual pages.

10

Smallpdf

One of the quickest ways to add images, text, shapes, or your signature to a PDF is with Smallpdf. I find it extremely easy to use for those things, but I opt for one of the editors that top this list if I need to edit the text because this one won't do it for free.

#PDF Tools #PDF Editor #PDF Creator 37 social mentions

11

PDFescape

PDFescape lets you delete individual pages from the PDF, rotate pages, crop out parts of a page, reorganize the order of the pages, and add more pages from other PDFs.

#PDF Tools #PDF Editor #PDF Creator 3 social mentions

12

Wondershare PDFelement

PDFelement is free, but with a major limitation: It places a watermark on every page of the document. That being said, the watermark is behind everything, so you can still see the content, and it's important to realize that it supports some truly great PDF editing features.

#PDF Editor #PDF Tools #PDF Creator 9 social mentions

13

PDF Bob

PDF BOB is a free online PDF editor that requires no user account. Just upload your file, make the changes you need to, and then export it to PDF again to finish up.

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