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Add Watermark to PDF

Add a diagonal text watermark to every page of your PDF. Customize text, opacity, and size — all done in your browser.

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Click or drag a PDF here

Files are processed locally — never uploaded to any server

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CONFIDENTIAL

Your files are never uploaded. All processing happens in your browser.

How to Use

  1. 1

    Upload your PDF

    Click to upload the PDF you want to watermark.

  2. 2

    Enter watermark text

    Type your watermark text and choose size, color, and opacity.

  3. 3

    Download

    Click Apply Watermark to download the watermarked PDF.

How It Works

This tool adds a diagonal text watermark to every page of a PDF — customizable text, opacity, and size — commonly used to mark documents as drafts, confidential, or attributed to a specific owner before sharing.

Why diagonal and semi-transparent

A diagonal watermark across the page is harder to crop out than one placed in a corner, and reduced opacity keeps the underlying document content fully readable while still clearly marking the page — the standard convention for document watermarking used across most professional PDF tools.

Examples

Marking a draft document

Adding "DRAFT" at 20% opacity across every page of a document still under review, so anyone who receives it understands it isn't the final version.

Protecting shared confidential content

Adding your company name or "CONFIDENTIAL" as a watermark before sharing a sensitive proposal externally, making unauthorized redistribution more visibly traceable.

Common Use Cases

  • Marking draft or in-review documents so recipients don't mistake them for final versions
  • Adding confidentiality or ownership marks before sharing sensitive documents externally
  • Branding a document with a company name or logo text before distribution

Tips

  • Lower opacity (around 10-20%) keeps a watermark visible but unobtrusive for documents meant to still be easily read; higher opacity is more appropriate when the watermark itself is meant to be a strong deterrent against reuse.
  • A text watermark alone doesn't prevent copying or editing — pair it with the Protect PDF tool if you also need to restrict who can open or edit the file itself.

Frequently Asked Questions

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