Sign a PDF
Draw or type your signature and place it on any page — without handing the document to anybody.
What it does
Sign a PDF changes which pages a PDF contains, or how they sit, and leaves everything else alone. The page content is copied rather than re-encoded, so nothing is recompressed and no quality is lost between the file you drop in and the one you download.
When you need it
Typically when a document carries pages that should not be shared — an internal cover sheet, a duplicated scan, an appendix meant for someone else — or when a scanner produced pages sideways or out of order.
Limits and caveats
Your original file is never modified: you always download a new copy. Encrypted PDFs have to be unlocked before they can be edited, and a scan is still a scan afterwards — the pages move, the text inside them stays an image. Everything happens in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
How to sign a pdf
- Drop the document.
- Draw your signature with a finger or the mouse, or type it.
- Click where it goes, size it, download.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this legally valid?
- It is the same thing as signing a printout and scanning it back, and it is accepted in the same places. It is not a qualified electronic signature — that needs a certificate from an accredited provider and is a different product entirely.
- Where does my contract go?
- Nowhere. The pages are rendered, the signature is stamped and the file is rebuilt in your browser. For a document you are about to sign, that is the whole point.
- Do my files get uploaded?
- No. This tool runs entirely in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.