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Add Watermark to PDF

Stamp text across every page — DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL, a name or a date — at any angle and opacity.

Privacy

Your files never leave your device. PDFs are parsed and rewritten by your own browser, so nothing is uploaded, queued or logged.

Tips

  • A watermark added this way sits on top of the page content and can be removed by anyone with a PDF editor. It signals status; it does not protect anything.
  • Tiled watermarks are much harder to crop out than a single central one, which matters for documents that might be screenshotted.
  • Keep opacity around 15–25%. Higher and it fights the text; lower and it vanishes when printed.
  • The text is drawn with a standard font, so no font file is embedded and the file barely grows.

Frequently asked questions

Can the watermark be removed?

Yes, by anyone reasonably determined — it is a content layer, not a security feature. If a document genuinely must not be redistributed, watermarking is a deterrent and an audit aid, not a control.

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