How to Add a Watermark to a PDF (Text or Logo)
Stamp every page of a PDF with custom text or your logo. Perfect for drafts, confidential documents, and branding.
Watermarks protect your documents and communicate their status at a glance. Whether you need to stamp "Confidential", "Draft", "Sample", or your company logo on every page of a PDF, here's how to do it online for free.
How to Add a Watermark to a PDF
- Open the PDF Watermark tool
- Upload your PDF file
- Type your watermark text (or upload a logo image)
- Adjust position, rotation, opacity, and font size
- Click "Apply" and download the watermarked PDF
Common Watermark Text
- DRAFT - indicate the document is not final
- CONFIDENTIAL - warn against unauthorized distribution
- SAMPLE - show that the document is for preview only
- DO NOT COPY - discourage reproduction
- Your company logo - brand every page for professional use
When to Use Watermarks
- Sending draft proposals or contracts for review
- Sharing sample documents or preview copies
- Protecting intellectual property in shared documents
- Branding company documents with your logo
- Marking internal documents to prevent external sharing
Watermark vs. Redaction vs. Encryption
- Watermark: visual overlay - discourages misuse but doesn't prevent access to content
- Redaction - permanently removes specific sensitive content from the PDF
- Encryption - requires a password to open the file at all
For maximum protection, combine all three: redact sensitive data, add a confidentiality watermark, then encrypt with a password.
Related Tools
- Add page numbers to the same document for professional formatting
- Sign the PDF after watermarking for a complete workflow
All processing is free, fast, and private. No account required, no watermarks on our watermarks.
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