PDF Tools
100% Private & Local — Your files NEVER leave your device

Free PDF Toolkit

12 tools in one page. Works offline. Zero server upload. No account needed.

Choose a tool

✂️

Split PDF

🔗

Merge PDF

🖼️

PDF → Images

📄

Images → PDF

🔄

Rotate Pages

🗑️

Delete Pages

🔢

Page Numbers

💧

Watermark

📝

Extract Text

🔐

Password

↕️

Reorder Pages

📦

Compress PDF

FAQ

Are my files safe?

Yes. All processing happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your files are never uploaded to any server. Not even a single byte leaves your device.

Does it work offline?

Once the page is loaded (including the PDF library scripts), all tools work completely offline. No internet connection required for processing.

What is the file size limit?

There's no hard limit — it depends on your device's RAM. Most tools handle PDFs up to 200 MB without issues. Very large files or the Balanced/Maximum compress modes may require more memory.

How does compression work?

Quick: Re-saves the PDF with optimized object streams — best for PDFs with duplicate objects. Balanced: Re-renders each page as JPEG at 72% quality. Maximum: Re-renders at 75% scale + 45% JPEG — smallest file, slight quality loss.

Free Online PDF Tools — No Upload, No Account, No Waiting

Every time you upload a PDF to a cloud service, your document travels to a remote server, gets processed by software you cannot inspect, sits in a queue behind thousands of other users, and is (hopefully) deleted afterward. For a routine task like splitting a presentation or compressing a report, that is an unreasonable amount of trust to place in a service you just found on Google. This free PDF toolkit takes a different approach: every operation — splitting, merging, rotating, compressing, watermarking, adding page numbers, extracting text, setting passwords, and more — runs entirely inside your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted over the network. Nothing is stored. The moment you close the tab, no trace of your document remains anywhere except on your own device.

The practical benefits go beyond privacy. Because there is no server round-trip, processing is often faster than cloud alternatives — a 50-page PDF splits in under a second on a modern laptop. There are no file-size queues, no "please wait while we process your document" delays, and no frustrating file-size caps that force you to downgrade to a paid plan. The tool works the same whether you are on a coffee-shop Wi-Fi, a plane with unreliable connectivity, or completely offline — as long as the page has already loaded in your browser tab. For professionals handling confidential documents — legal contracts, financial statements, medical records, client data — this architecture is not just convenient; it is the only responsible choice.

Use cases span every professional context. Lawyers split multi-exhibit PDFs to attach individual documents to case filings. Accountants merge monthly invoices into a single year-end PDF for their auditors. Teachers rotate scanned handouts that arrived upside-down. Designers compress high-resolution portfolio PDFs to fit email attachment limits. Developers extract text from PDFs to feed into downstream processing pipelines. Students reorder pages in a downloaded syllabus so the most relevant sections appear first. The twelve tools on this page cover nearly every routine PDF manipulation task, and because they all live in one browser tab, you never need to hunt for a different tool for each job.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly happens to my PDF file when I use this tool?
Your PDF is loaded directly into your browser's memory using the File API. It is then processed by the pdf-lib and PDF.js JavaScript libraries running locally. The result is offered as a download from the same browser memory — it never touches a server. If you open your browser's Network tab in DevTools during processing, you will see zero PDF-related network requests.
Why is my compressed PDF sometimes not much smaller?
The "Quick" compression mode removes redundant objects and re-packs the PDF structure — it works best on PDFs with duplicated fonts or reused images, but has little effect on already-lean PDFs. Try "Balanced" or "Maximum" mode: these re-render each page as a compressed JPEG image, which typically cuts file size by 40–70% on PDFs containing scanned pages, photos, or high-resolution graphics. Note that Maximum mode trades some visual quality for the smallest possible file.
Does this work on mobile devices?
Yes — all tools work on iOS Safari and Android Chrome. The interface is fully responsive. The main limitation on mobile is RAM: very large PDFs (100+ pages or 50+ MB) may cause the browser tab to crash on devices with less than 3 GB of RAM. For large documents, use a desktop browser for best results.
Can I edit the actual text inside a PDF?
No — editing the text content of a PDF (changing words, rewriting paragraphs) requires a full PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat or a dedicated web service. This toolkit handles structural operations: rearranging, splitting, merging, visual overlays (watermarks, page numbers), and format-level compression. The "Extract Text" tool lets you copy all text content out of a PDF so you can edit it in a word processor and re-export if needed.
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