How to use this tool
- Drop in a PDF.
- Type your watermark text — "Draft", "Confidential", a company name, whatever applies.
- Choose a position (or Tiled to cover the whole page), then adjust colour, opacity, size, and rotation.
- Click Watermark PDF — every page gets the same mark and the result downloads automatically.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Don't set the opacity so high that the underlying text becomes hard to read — a watermark should mark the document, not obscure it.
- Keep a clean, unwatermarked copy of the original — this tool draws the watermark permanently into the page, with no way to remove it afterward.
Frequently asked questions
- Corner or tiled — which should I use?
- A corner watermark is unobtrusive and reads as attribution ("Draft", a company name). A tiled watermark repeats across the whole page and is much harder to crop out, which is the right choice for anything you want to visibly mark as confidential or unauthorized-for-distribution.
- Does the watermark get added to every page?
- Yes — the same watermark is applied to every page in the document in one pass.
- Can the watermark be removed afterward?
- Not with this tool, and that's intentional for a watermark meant to mark a document — the text is drawn permanently into the page content. Keep your original, unwatermarked file if you'll need a clean copy later.
The watermark is drawn locally in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded.
How GetByteRush compares
Most free tools for this online work the same way: you upload your file to their server, wait, then download the result — which means your file (and often your email, for a "free" account) sits on someone else's infrastructure. Here's the actual difference:
| Feature | GetByteRush | Typical online tools |
|---|---|---|
| PDF ever leaves your device | No — edited in this tab | Yes, uploaded to process |
| Tiled (whole-page) watermark option | Yes | Often corner-only |
| Page limit | None imposed by us | Often capped on free tiers |
("Typical online tools" reflects publicly documented behavior of common free file-processing sites as of 2026 — always check a specific competitor's own privacy policy and pricing page, since these details change.)