Swap a wrong name, date or amount for the right one — right in your browser, nothing uploaded.
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To replace text in a PDF, open it above, drag the white-out box over the old words, then click Add text and type the new words in the same spot. Download with “Cover only” for everyday fixes, or “Remove permanently” if the old text must not be recoverable from the file. Free for 3 documents a day, entirely in your browser.
Drop it into the box above — it opens on your device, nothing is uploaded.
White out is already selected. Drag across the words you're replacing until they disappear completely.
Click Add text, click inside the cleared area and type. Resize it with the corner handle to match the line, then Download.
Correct a misspelled name or an outdated address on a letter or form.
Update the date on a template, notice or certificate you reuse.
Fix a figure on a quote or price list before it goes out.
Swap an order, policy or invoice number that was entered wrong.
A PDF isn't a word-processor file: each line is placed at an exact position, often in a font that's only partially embedded, so true in-place editing breaks easily — or simply isn't allowed. Replacing text by covering and retyping sidesteps all of that, which is why it works on scans, locked exports and documents that ‘edit text’ tools refuse to open.
The trade-off is honest: new text is set in Helvetica, not the document's original font, and it won't reflow the paragraph around it. For a name, a date, a number or a short phrase, sized to match the line, the difference is hard to spot. For rewriting whole paragraphs, edit the source document instead.
Everything runs in your browser. The file never leaves your device.
Continue your PDF workflow: Erase Text in PDF — The same workflow, explained step by step., Add Text to PDF — Type into blanks and forms. or Redact PDF — Black out text and delete it for good.
To change text in a PDF without Adobe Acrobat, cover the old text with the white-out box and type the new text on top with Add text — no installation, no account. Acrobat Pro can edit text in place on many digital PDFs, but it costs a subscription and still can't edit scanned pages without OCR.
If you only need to fill in blanks rather than change existing words, use Add Text to PDF directly — no covering needed.
You can't change the font of text that's already in a PDF here — that would require rewriting the page's text objects. What you can do is replace a passage: cover it and retype it in Helvetica at whatever size fits. Helvetica sits close to the Arial-style fonts most business documents use.
If the font must match exactly (a branded document, a legal template), go back to the original Word or design file, change it there and re-export the PDF.
A cover hides the old words on screen and in print, but they're still in the PDF's data — select-all and paste, or the search box, can bring them back. That's fine for a typo. It's not fine for an old salary, an account number or someone else's name.
For those, choose “Remove permanently” at download. The page is rebuilt so the covered text no longer exists, document metadata is cleared, and the finished file is re-checked before you get it. Text you typed inside the covered area becomes part of the page image; text elsewhere stays searchable.
| DoceasePDF | Upload-based tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | On your device, in your browser | Uploaded to their servers |
| Account required | No — open a file and start | Often required after 1–2 uses |
| Price | Free — 3 documents a day | Credits, trials or subscriptions |
| Waiting for uploads | None — files open instantly | Upload + queue + download again |
| Tools per session | Every tool on one document | One tool, then re-upload |
Editing happens in your browser with WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded, so nobody — including us — can see it.
3 documents a day with every tool included — no sign-up, no page limits, no watermarks. Pro lifts the daily cap.
Any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone or Android. Nothing to download or install.
Edit, sign, organize and compress in a single session — no re-uploading between tools like on other sites.
Open the PDF above, drag the white-out box over the old text, click Add text, type the replacement in the same spot and download. It's free for 3 documents a day with no watermark.
No — there's no automatic find-and-replace. You cover and retype each occurrence yourself, which works on any PDF, including scans that find-and-replace tools can't read.
Not exactly. Replacement text is set in Helvetica, which blends well with Arial-style business fonts. Size it with the corner handle so it sits naturally on the line.
Yes. Because you cover the old words and type new ones on top, it works the same on scanned pages as on digital ones — no OCR needed.
With “Cover only”, yes — it's hidden, not deleted. With “Remove permanently”, the covered text is removed from the file and the result is verified before downloading.
With “Cover only”, yes — it's real text. With “Remove permanently”, text you typed inside a covered box becomes part of the page image, while the rest of the page stays searchable.
Neither. The PDF opens and is edited in your browser, and you can download without signing up.