71 free PDF tools, none of them upload

Redact, lock, unlock and clean a PDF before it leaves your hands.

• Redact PDF Black out text for good — the words underneath are removed, not covered.
• Remove PDF Password Open a locked PDF once with its password and save a copy that opens without it.
• Password Protect PDF Lock a PDF with AES-256 so it asks for a password to open.
• Flatten PDF Bake form fields, comments and stamps into the page so nothing can be edited.
• Remove PDF Metadata Strip the author, software, dates and hidden XMP before you share.
• Unlock PDF Restrictions Remove print, copy and edit restrictions from a PDF you own.
• Auto-Redact Personal Info Find emails, phone, card and ID numbers, and black them all out at once.
• PDF Privacy Scanner Check a PDF for personal data, hidden text, metadata and scripts before you send it.
• Edit PDF Metadata Read and rewrite the title, author, subject and keywords stored in a PDF.
• PDF Checksum SHA-256, SHA-1 and MD5 fingerprints to prove a PDF hasn’t changed.

Combine, split, reorder, rotate and trim pages.

• Merge PDF Combine PDFs and images into one file, in the order you choose.
• Split PDF Break a PDF into single pages or ranges you pick.
• Organize Pages Drag pages into order, rotate, delete and add blanks — all in one view.
• Rotate PDF Turn sideways or upside-down pages the right way up, for good.
• Delete PDF Pages Remove blank, duplicate or unwanted pages.
• Extract PDF Pages Save the pages you pick as a new PDF.
• Alternate & Mix PDFs Interleave pages from two or more PDFs — fronts and backs of a scan, back together.
• Split PDF by Size Cut a big PDF into parts that each stay under a size limit.
• Split PDF by Bookmarks Turn every chapter or bookmarked section into its own file.
• Split PDF by Text Start a new file at every page containing a word or phrase you choose.
• Split PDF Pages in Half Cut two-page book scans down the middle into single pages.
• Flip PDF Mirror pages horizontally or vertically.
• Multiple Pages per Sheet Put 2, 4, 6, 9 or 16 pages on each sheet to save paper.
• Crop PDF Trim margins off every page, or drag out exactly what to keep.
• Resize PDF Pages Fit every page to A4, Letter or any size, contents scaled to match.

Get a PDF under any MB or KB limit.

• Compress PDF Shrink a PDF to under 1 MB, 500 KB or 100 KB — you set the limit.
• PDF Size Checker Check a PDF’s exact size and whether an upload form will take it — pages, password, fonts.
• Zip PDFs Bundle many PDFs into one ZIP archive for a single download or email.

Convert between PDF and Word, Excel, PowerPoint and CSV.

• PDF to Word An editable DOCX with the paragraphs, headings and tables in place.
• Word to PDF DOCX to a PDF that looks the same on every screen.
• PDF to Excel Pull the tables out of a PDF into an XLSX you can sort and sum.
• Excel to PDF Spreadsheets to PDF with column widths, colors and merged cells kept.
• PDF to PowerPoint Every page becomes a slide you can present or edit.
• PowerPoint to PDF Slides to a PDF anyone can open, layouts and pictures intact.
• CSV to PDF A CSV file as a clean, readable table in a PDF.
• PDF to CSV Tables inside a PDF, out as CSV for any spreadsheet or script.

Pages to JPG or PNG, photos to PDF, and images out of a PDF.

• PDF to JPG Every page as a sharp JPG or PNG, up to 600 DPI.
• Images to PDF JPG, PNG, HEIC and more — one image per page, in your order.
• Extract Images from PDF Save every photo and graphic inside a PDF at its original quality.
• TIFF to PDF Every page of a multi-page TIFF or fax, at its real paper size.
• SVG to PDF Logos, icons and diagrams as a vector PDF, sharp at any size.

Fix a typo, sign, fill a form, number and watermark pages.

• Edit PDF Change a line of text, add text, white out, highlight, draw and add pictures.
• Extract Text from PDF Every word in a PDF as plain text, in reading order.
• Add Watermark Stamp CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, your name or logo across every page.
• Add Page Numbers Number pages in any corner, in any style, from any page.
• Headers & Footers Put a title, date or page count at the top or bottom of every page.
• Sign PDF Draw, type or upload your signature and place it on any page.
• Fill PDF Form Type into a fillable PDF, tick its boxes, and lock the answers in.
• Bates Numbering Stamp sequential Bates numbers across a whole production, file after file.
• Invert PDF Colors Dark mode for any PDF: white text on black, text still selectable.
• PDF to Black and White Grayscale with the text kept, or pure two-tone black and white.
• Change PDF Background Color Cream, sepia or any tint behind the text — still selectable.
• PDF Word Count Words, characters, sentences and reading time, page by page.

Fix broken files, make scans searchable and compare two versions.

• Repair PDF Rebuild a damaged PDF that won’t open, and recover what’s readable.
• OCR PDF Make a scanned PDF searchable and copyable — the text is read on your device.
• Compare PDFs Two versions side by side, every added and removed word highlighted.
• Summarize PDF Soon The key sentences of a long PDF, picked out on your device.
• Chat with PDF Soon Ask a question, get the passages that answer it — with page numbers.

Web pages, HTML and Markdown to PDF and back.

• HTML to PDF A saved web page or HTML file as a clean, paginated PDF.
• Markdown to PDF Markdown with headings, tables and highlighted code, typeset as a PDF.
• PDF to Markdown Headings, lists, tables and links as clean .md — ready for an AI chat.
• PDF to HTML Soon A PDF as a web page — text you can select, style and publish.

eBooks to PDF, PDFs to EPUB, and PDFs read aloud.

• PDF to EPUB A reflowable eBook for Kindle, Kobo and Apple Books.
• eBook to PDF EPUB, MOBI, FB2 or TXT as a neatly typeset PDF.
• PDF to Audio Listen to a PDF read aloud, page by page, by your device’s own voice.

Scan paper with your camera, write a PDF, or chain tools together.

• Scan to PDF Photograph paper with your phone or webcam; get a straight, clean PDF.
• Create PDF Write a document with headings, lists and images, and save it as a PDF.
• Resume Builder Edit a complete example resume, check it like a screener would, and download an ATS-friendly PDF.
• PDF to Handwriting Rewrite a PDF or typed text by hand — in a handwriting font or your own letters.
• Handwriting to PDF Turn handwritten pages into typed text or a searchable scan — read on your device.
• PDF Workflow Run several tools in one pass: compress, number, watermark, lock.