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Add Watermark to PDF Free Online

Stamp text over your PDF in seconds. Choose the typography, transparency and position.

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About Add Watermark to PDF

Adding a watermark to a PDF stamps a visible text or image overlay on your document pages — used for branding, marking documents as drafts, confidential, or copyrighted, or simply adding ownership information.

🎯 Who Uses This

Legal firms watermark draft contracts with 'DRAFT' before sending for review. Photographers watermark portfolio PDFs with their studio name. Businesses mark sensitive reports as 'CONFIDENTIAL'. Publishers add copyright watermarks to preview PDFs.

⚡ How It Works

Enter your watermark text, choose font size, opacity, rotation angle, and position. The watermark is rendered on every page and baked into the PDF. Processing is local — your document never leaves your device.

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Your files never leave your browser. No account required, no server uploads — just fast, local processing. This is what it means to add watermark to PDF without uploading.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Upload your PDF document.
  2. Enter the text you want to use as a watermark.
  3. Choose the position, color, and which pages to apply it to.
  4. Click "Apply Watermark" and download the result.

Why Choose LovePDFs?

Brand your documents

Easily add "CONFIDENTIAL", "DRAFT", or your company name.

Customizable placement

Place watermarks diagonally, centered, or in headers/footers.

Maintains formatting

Watermarks are placed perfectly without altering surrounding content.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to add text watermark to PDF without Adobe?

Upload your PDF, type your watermark text, choose the position, and apply the watermark. Download the result with no Adobe Acrobat needed.

Can I choose which pages are watermarked?

Yes! You can choose to apply it to all pages, just odd or even pages, or only the first/last page.

Can I add an image watermark?

Currently, this tool supports text watermarks. Image watermarks will be supported in a future update.

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