The usual approach: cover it up
Looks right. Now peek underneath.
- The original text is still in the file, just hidden
- Search, copy and screen readers find the old value
- The patch shows as a pale box on some printers
True in-place text editing — not an overlay
SwiftPDFEdit rewrites the PDF's actual content stream — click a line, type, and the original text changes. Plus 20 more tools that run in your browser tab.
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Free account required — about 30 seconds. Free plan: 3 tasks a day, 5 saved documents, no watermarks.
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The toolkit
Every tool opens in this tab. Pro and Premium tools are labeled before you click — no surprises mid-task.
Showing 21 of 21 tools.
Combine two or more PDF files into a single document in seconds. Merging runs entirely inside your browser, so your files are never uploaded to a server.
Open toolSplit one PDF into several documents using page ranges like 1-3, 4-9, 10. Everything runs in your browser — no uploads, no watermarks, no page cap.
Open toolPull chosen pages out of a PDF into one new document, in any order you like. Lossless, watermark-free, and processed entirely on your own device.
Open toolRemove blank, duplicate or unwanted pages from any PDF in seconds. Type the page numbers, download the trimmed file — nothing is ever uploaded.
Open toolRearrange PDF pages on a visual thumbnail grid and rebuild the file losslessly. Runs in your browser — your document is never uploaded anywhere.
Open toolRotate PDF pages 90°, 180° or 270° — every page or only the ones you choose. The fix is saved into the file, so it sticks in every PDF reader.
Open toolReduce PDF file size in your browser with lossless optimization or strong image compression. See the exact before and after size before you download.
Open toolTurn JPG photos and scans into one clean PDF, one image per page. Choose A4 pages or exact image sizing — and nothing is re-compressed or uploaded.
Open toolConvert PNG screenshots, diagrams and graphics into one PDF with transparency handled correctly. Lossless, watermark-free, and processed on your device.
Open toolExport PDF pages as JPG images at 72, 144 or 216 DPI with adjustable quality. Rendered by a professional PDF engine locally — no uploads, no watermarks.
Open toolRender PDF pages as lossless PNG images at up to 216 DPI — ideal for text-heavy pages, diagrams and documentation. Processed entirely in your browser.
Open toolA full visual PDF editor in your browser: change real text, add notes, shapes, images, whiteout and signatures. Nothing is uploaded to do the editing.
Open toolChange the words already inside a PDF. SwiftPDFEdit rewrites the content stream, so text is truly replaced — not hidden under a white box — in your browser.
Open toolSearch a PDF and replace every occurrence of a word or phrase across the whole document — a real content-stream rewrite, done in your browser.
Open toolTrue redaction that deletes the characters from the file instead of drawing a black box over them. The redaction itself runs entirely in your browser.
Open toolType into any PDF form — including flat scans with no fillable fields — then add check marks, dates and a signature and export a finished, flattened file.
Open toolDraw your signature and place it anywhere on a PDF, then export a signed file. Signing happens in your browser — nothing is uploaded to place it.
Open toolStamp DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or any custom text across a PDF, with control over size, colour, angle, opacity and tiling. Applied in your browser, not on a server.
Open toolNumber a PDF in any corner or centred, with formats like “Page 3 of 12” and a custom starting number. Drawn into the file, in your browser, in seconds.
Open toolRemove a known password or permission restrictions from a PDF you own. Decryption runs locally with qpdf-WASM — the file and password never leave your device.
Open toolTurn a scanned PDF into searchable, selectable text. Recognition runs on your own device with Tesseract-WASM, so the document is never uploaded anywhere.
Open toolIn-place text editing
Most PDF editors paint new text on top and leave your original words in the file underneath — a real problem the day you “edit out” a price, a name, or a clause. SwiftPDFEdit rewrites the content stream itself. Peek underneath and check.
Looks right. Now peek underneath.
Select it in any PDF reader and you get $3,150.00. The old value is gone.
True text editing is a Pro feature. See plans
In-place text editing is part of Pro — $10/mo or $49/yr.
Try it on your PDF — Edit PDF Text (Pro)On-device, even when it's sensitive
The jobs people are most nervous to trust a website with. Here, the processing happens on your device — nothing is uploaded to do the work.
Turn a scan into searchable, selectable text. Recognition runs on your own device — Tesseract, compiled to WebAssembly — so the document is never uploaded.
Open OCR PDFRemove a known password from a PDF you own. qpdf, compiled to WebAssembly, decrypts it right in your browser tab — the file and the password never leave your machine.
Open Unlock PDFText removed from the file, not drawn over. The characters are deleted from the content stream, so nothing sensitive hides under a black box.
Open Redact PDFAcross the whole document, in place. Every match is rewritten into the page's content stream in its original font — and the replacement count is reported, not guessed.
Open Find & Replace PDFType, draw, highlight, redact, add shapes, images and signatures on a proper canvas — plus true in-place text editing on Pro. Every change is reversible right up to export, and the original file on your disk is never modified.
Your files
The exception, in plain sight
Press Done and that document is stored on our servers so you can reopen it anywhere. Nothing else is uploaded, and nothing is saved unless you choose it.
Workflows
Strike a clause for good, fix a defined term across ninety pages, and sign — without the old text hiding under a black box.
Turn a drawer of scans into documents you can search, then shrink them to something email will accept.
Fill the form, sign it, stamp it — done before the meeting starts.
Pricing
Free doesn't expire and doesn't watermark. Pro adds in-place text editing and OCR — $10/mo or $49/yr. Premium adds Unlock PDF — $15/mo or $79/yr. No card-required trial.
Save up to 59% with annual billing
$0forever
The essentials, free forever — perfect for occasional edits.
Get started freeJust $4.08/month, billed annually.
For people who work with PDFs every day.
Choose ProJust $6.58/month, billed annually.
Every feature, fully loaded — for power users and teams.
Choose PremiumQuestions
Yes, a free account is required to use the tools and the editor — it's what lets us save your finished documents to My Documents and apply plan limits fairly. You can sign up with Google or an email address in a few seconds, and creating an account doesn't change where your files are processed: still on your device.
Your documents are never uploaded in order to be processed. Every tool and the editor run on client-side PDF engines inside your browser tab, so merging, converting, signing and editing happen on your own device — you can watch the network panel while you work. The one deliberate exception is saving: when you press Done in the editor, the finished PDF is stored in your account so you can find it again. That is a choice you make, not something that happens in the background.
Most browser PDF editors paint a white rectangle over the words you want to change and draw new text on top. The original text is still in the file, so search, copy and screen readers keep finding the old value. SwiftPDFEdit rewrites the page's content stream instead: the original glyphs are genuinely replaced, so selecting the text in any PDF reader returns your edit and nothing is layered over anything. True in-place text editing is part of the Pro plan; the overlay editor, signatures and the core tools are on every plan.
Yes — there is a free plan and it isn't watermarked. It includes the core PDF tools, the editor and signatures, up to 5 saved documents and 3 tasks per day. Pro ($10/month or $49/year) lifts the daily and document caps and adds true text editing and OCR. Premium ($15/month or $79/year) adds password removal today; the AI assistant, batch processing and team features are marked Soon on the pricing page and are not live yet. Annual billing saves up to 59%.
PDF for every document tool, plus JPG and PNG for image conversion in both directions. Password-protected PDFs need to be unlocked before they can be edited, which the Unlock PDF tool does on the Premium plan.
Processing is bounded by your device's memory rather than a server quota — documents of a few hundred pages are comfortable on any modern computer or phone. Saving a finished document to your account is capped at 100MB per file.
Yes. Every tool and the editor are responsive and touch-friendly, and both light and dark themes are designed rather than auto-generated. Drawing a signature with a fingertip is usually easier than with a mouse.
Client-side processing means a contract or medical record is handled with the same privacy as a desktop application: it is read, edited and re-assembled in your browser. Read the Security page for the full model, and check it against your own compliance requirements before using it for regulated data.
Free plan: 3 tasks a day, 5 saved documents, no watermarks.