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Watermark PDF

Stamp your name or COPY across every page

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About Watermark PDF

When you send a copy of a document, writing CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT or your shop's name across it is the simplest protection there is. Choose the text, colour, opacity and angle, and it goes onto every page at once.

How to watermark a PDF — step by step

  1. Upload the PDF.
  2. Type the text you want across the pages — DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL, a name, a date.
  3. Set the angle, size and how faint it should be.
  4. Download the watermarked file.

What a watermark is for

It marks a document's status or ownership so a copy cannot be passed off as something it is not: DRAFT on a version still being revised, CONFIDENTIAL on something internal, or your own name across a scanned ID so a photocopy cannot easily be reused by someone else.

That last use is worth knowing. When you hand a photocopy of your Aadhaar or PAN to a hotel, a courier or an agency, writing the purpose and date across it — 'for hotel check-in, 12-03-2026' — makes it much harder to reuse elsewhere. Keep it faint enough that the details underneath stay readable, or the office will refuse it.

Choosing the strength

Around 20–30% opacity is the sweet spot: clearly visible, but the text underneath still reads. Diagonal across the middle is hardest to crop out; a corner watermark is easily trimmed away.

A watermark added here is drawn onto the page, but a determined person with the right tools can still peel it off. To make that much harder, run the result through Flatten PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Can the watermark be removed?

Not by an ordinary reader — it becomes part of the page content.

Can I use an image watermark?

Text watermarks for now. A logo watermark is coming in a future update.

How do I make it subtle?

Set the opacity slider to 10-20%.

Is my document uploaded?

No. The watermark is applied in your browser.

Can I use an image or logo?

This tool watermarks with text. For a logo, place it as an image in Edit PDF.

Can I watermark only some pages?

It applies to every page. Split the file first if you need it on only a few.

Can the watermark be removed?

Not easily, and not at all after flattening — but do not treat it as real security.

Will it print?

Yes, exactly as it appears on screen.

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