Edit existing text, add text, images and shapes, or cover up content — right on the PDF.
The original PDF isn't rewritten: the text, images and shapes you add are placed on top. In "Edit PDF text", when you click a line, the original text is covered with the background color and an editable box appears in the same spot. On scans, the OCR button recognizes the text so you can edit it. Shortcuts: V select, E edit PDF text, T text, I image, R cover, H highlight, O ellipse, arrow keys to move (Shift = bigger step), Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y, Ctrl+D, Delete.
Choose the document you want to edit directly.
Click on text to rewrite it, add images, shapes or annotations, and move or delete existing elements on each page.
Confirm the changes and generate a new PDF with the updated content.
Direct text editing works on PDFs with real text (not images). For a PDF that's just a scanned image, first use "Make PDF searchable" to give it a text layer.
Yes, the changes become a permanent part of the downloaded PDF — it's not a separate layer or a comment, it's the page content itself.
Yes, there's an undo/redo history while you're editing, before you generate the final PDF.
No. All processing happens inside your own browser — the file never leaves your computer or passes through any external server. You can confirm this by disconnecting from the internet once the page has loaded: the tool keeps working normally.
No. PDFsy doesn't ask for sign-up, an account or payment — just open the page and use the tool.
Yes. PDFsy offers PDF tools equivalent to iLovePDF's — merge, convert, compress, protect and much more — available in 25 languages, with no usage limits, no need to create an account, and 100% local processing in your browser, without uploading any file to any server.