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    Watermark PDF

    Add a custom text watermark with control over opacity, size, color, and rotation — applied to all pages.

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    Quick answer

    Can the watermark be removed?

    We flatten the watermark text directly into the page content, so it can't be toggled off in a normal PDF viewer. Determined editing in Acrobat could still remove it, but that's true of any visual watermark on any file.

    About this tool

    Add a Watermark to a PDF

    For marking drafts as DRAFT, contracts as CONFIDENTIAL, or shared work as your own.

    Watermark PDF stamps custom text onto every page of your PDF. You control the text, color, opacity, size, and rotation, and the watermark is flattened into the page on export so it can't be toggled off.

    When you'd reach for this

    • Sending a contract draft you don't want misread as final.
    • Sharing portfolio PDFs you want stamped with your name.
    • Marking internal documents as CONFIDENTIAL before circulating.
    • Labelling proofs sent to a client for review.

    How it works

    1. 1

      Upload the PDF

      Drop the file you want to watermark.

    2. 2

      Type your watermark text

      Pick the wording, color, opacity, rotation, and position.

    3. 3

      Apply and download

      The watermark is flattened into every page and the file downloads.

    Why people use it

    Cross-page consistency

    Same watermark on every page in one pass.

    Flattened on export

    Recipients can't switch off the watermark layer in a viewer.

    Full styling control

    Color, opacity, rotation, and size — not just a fixed stamp.

    Real situations it fits

    Marking drafts

    Stamp DRAFT on contracts so nobody acts on the wrong version.

    Protecting portfolios

    Add your name across photo or design PDFs before sharing.

    Confidential labelling

    Make 'CONFIDENTIAL' clear on every page of a sensitive report.

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