Click existing text in a PDF and retype it online. Fonts, size, color and position are matched automatically.
Need to edit text in a PDF without rebuilding the document in Word or paying for Acrobat? Upload the file, click an existing line of text, and retype it directly in your browser. Most free 'PDF editors' only place a white rectangle over the old words and type fresh text on top. PDFolia edits the real text object in the page, so the result stays searchable, selectable and readable in other PDF apps. It identifies the original font — including embedded and subset fonts that carry obfuscated names — then rewrites your text at the same size, weight, slant and color. Every change previews live on the page and is listed in a side panel you can revisit, drag or undo before you download.
Open your PDF text editor — drag the file anywhere onto the page.
Click existing text in the PDF and retype it. The preview updates as you type.
Add highlights, boxes, arrows, freehand notes or a signature from the tool pad.
Review everything in the Changes panel, then download the edited PDF.
What people usually want to know before they upload a document.
Yes. If the PDF contains a real text layer, you can click the existing text, retype it in the browser and download a new PDF. The edited text stays real text rather than becoming a flattened image.
Not the scanned text itself — a scan is a photograph of a page, with no text objects to edit. You can still add text, marks and signatures on top. To edit scanned words you would first need OCR to create a text layer.
No. PDFolia runs in your browser, so you can change PDF text online without installing Acrobat or another desktop PDF editor.
Yes. Because the text is written into the page as real text rather than painted on, search, copy and screen readers all keep working.
Neither. Nothing is stamped on your document, there is no cap on pages or edits, and no account is required.
Other things you can do with the same document.