# Add a watermark to a PDF

> Type a word or drop a logo, pick the layout and opacity. Page 1 shows the result before you save.

Stamp CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT or your own text, or a logo, across PDF pages. Page 1 shows the result before you save. Runs in your browser. Free.

- Tool: [Watermark PDF](https://fixmint.cc/watermark-pdf)
- Category: [PDF](https://fixmint.cc/pdf)
- Fixes: Pages need a DRAFT stamp
- Runs in the browser: files and text stay on the device, no sign-up, free.

## How to add a watermark to a PDF

1. Drop one PDF onto the box, then type a word or drop a logo.
2. Choose the layout, size, opacity, colour and pages. Page 1 updates as you change them.
3. Press Add watermark, then download the file ending in -watermarked.pdf.

## Questions

### Will the PDF be uploaded?

No. The watermark is drawn onto a copy of the PDF inside your browser. The file never leaves your device.

### Can the watermark be removed?

Yes, by anyone with a PDF editor. It is a layer drawn over each page, not a lock, so use it to mark a draft or a copy, not to protect a secret.

### Which logo files work?

PNG keeps transparent areas, so the logo sits cleanly on the page. JPG has no transparency, so its background shows as a box. Text with characters outside the Latin alphabet is drawn as a picture, so it looks the same everywhere but cannot be selected.

### Does it work on sideways pages?

Yes. Each mark is turned to match the page’s rotation setting, so it reads the right way up in a viewer on pages turned 90° or 270°.

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