ℹ️ Watermarking runs in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded to any server. Max: 25MB.
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Stamp a custom text watermark on every page of your PDF. Control the text, size, opacity, colour and position.
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This tool overlays text across every page of a PDF — a "CONFIDENTIAL" or "DRAFT" label, your company name, a copyright notice, or any custom message — with control over position, size, rotation and opacity. It's commonly used to mark documents before they're finalised, to label internal versus external copies, or to add a consistent brand or ownership notice across a multi-page document.
The watermark is applied entirely in your browser — your document is never uploaded to a server, which matters for confidential or draft documents that shouldn't leave your device before they're finalised.
A diagonal watermark — typically rotated 45 degrees and centred on the page — is the traditional style for "CONFIDENTIAL" and "DRAFT" labels, because it covers more of the page and is immediately recognisable at a glance, even when scrolling quickly through a document. A straight, smaller watermark in a corner or footer is less intrusive and works well for ongoing branding (such as a company name on every page of a proposal) where you don't want the watermark to dominate the page.
Lower opacity (around 10-20%) keeps the watermark visible without interfering with reading the document's actual content underneath — appropriate for branding or copyright notices on documents people need to read normally. Higher opacity (40% and above) makes the watermark much more prominent, appropriate for "DRAFT" or "CONFIDENTIAL" labels where the goal is for the watermark to be impossible to miss.
Different stages of a document's life often call for different watermarks, and being consistent about this across an organisation helps avoid confusion about which version of a document is current. A document still being actively edited might carry a "DRAFT" watermark; once it's been reviewed but not yet formally approved, "FOR REVIEW" communicates a different status; and a finalised version typically carries no status watermark at all, or perhaps just a subtle branding element. Using these labels consistently — rather than ad-hoc — means that anyone receiving a document can immediately understand its status just from the watermark, without needing to ask or check separately.
When sharing a document outside your organisation — with a client, partner, or external reviewer — a watermark can serve a practical purpose beyond just labelling: it's a visible reminder to the recipient that the document is shared for a specific purpose (review, reference) and may not be the final or distributable version. This is particularly relevant for proposals, quotes, or draft contracts, where a "DRAFT — NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION" style watermark sets expectations about how the document should be treated, even if it doesn't technically prevent the recipient from forwarding it further.
If you've watermarked a draft and later need a clean final version, the best approach is to apply the watermark to a copy of your document while keeping your original, unwatermarked file as the master — then export a fresh clean copy from the original when the final version is ready, rather than trying to remove a watermark after the fact. This avoids any quality loss or artefacts from removal attempts.
Yes, you can choose to apply the watermark to all pages or select specific pages, depending on which parts of the document need labelling.
At lower opacity settings, the watermark sits behind or alongside the text without significantly affecting readability. Higher opacity settings make the watermark more prominent but can make dense text slightly harder to read — choose opacity based on whether visibility or readability matters more for your use case.
This tool applies text watermarks. For logo-based watermarks, a PDF editing application with image-layering support would be needed.
The watermark becomes part of the downloaded PDF's content on each page. To get an unwatermarked version, you'd need to use your original source file rather than trying to remove it from the watermarked copy.
No. The watermark is added entirely within your browser, so your document never leaves your device.