Add page numbers to a PDF
Add page numbers to the pages of a PDF, for free. There is no usage limit. Your PDF is processed in your browser and never uploaded. Place the numbers in one of 6 positions (top or bottom, left, center or right) and choose a format from "1", "- 1 -", "1 / 10" and "p. 1". You can open PDFs of up to 200 MB per file (100 MB on phones and tablets).
You can open one PDF at a time (up to 200 MB on this device). The PDF is processed in your browser and never uploaded.
How to use
- 1
Open a PDF
Choose or drop the PDF to number. PDFs are never uploaded.
- 2
Choose position and format
Choose the format, position and starting number, and which pages get numbers. Check how the numbers look in the preview.
- 3
Add numbers and save
Press "Add page numbers and save" to create the PDF, then save it with the button that appears.
About adding page numbers
Choose "From a page" under "Pages to number" to skip the cover and similar pages and start numbering from the page you specify. You can change the first number with "Start at", so you can also start counting from 1 after the cover. The preview shows pages with the numbers actually added. In the "1 / 10" format, the second number is the last number added.
The numbers are placed on top of the page content. The original content is not changed, so text, images, bookmarks, form fields and tags stay as they are. The numbers use Helvetica, a standard Latin typeface, without embedding it in the PDF. Rotated and cropped pages also get numbers upright in the displayed orientation.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF sent to a server?
No. Opening the PDF, adding numbers and saving all happen in the browser on your device. Statistics that help us fix bugs (the page count range, the range of how many pages were numbered, the format and position you chose, error types and so on) are sent to this site's server. They do not include the content of the PDF, file names, passwords or the page ranges you enter. You can turn the statistics off with the "Send processing statistics" switch at the bottom of the page.
Can I add numbers to a password-protected PDF or one with editing restricted?
Yes. A password-protected PDF opens once you enter its open password. If the author has restricted changing the content, you cannot add numbers until you enter the permissions password. This tool does not guess passwords, so if you do not know the permissions password, ask the person who created the PDF. The original PDF's encryption stays as it is in the saved PDF.
Can I use formats with non-Latin characters, such as Japanese or Chinese?
No. The numbers use a Latin typeface that is not embedded in the PDF, so characters such as Japanese or Chinese cannot be used. The 4 available formats are "1", "- 1 -", "1 / 10" and "p. 1".
Does adding numbers change other parts of the PDF?
The page content does not change. The numbers are not added to the structure of a tagged PDF (the structure used for reading aloud); they are added as decoration that is not part of the body text. A PDF/A file (a standard for long-term archiving) may no longer conform to the standard, because the typeface is not embedded. Digital signatures become invalid when a signed PDF is saved.
Help us improve the service
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What is sent
- The tool you used and the settings you chose (output format, quality, etc.)
- Your device specs (GPU, memory, core count)
- The input format with a rough size
- How many files succeeded or failed and how long it took
- The error type and details when something fails
What is never sent
- The files themselves and file names
- Text, subtitles or prompts you add to a video
- The text to be read aloud, voice descriptions, the pronunciation dictionary and saved voices
- The text in PDFs, the text you rewrote or redacted, passwords, font names and the page ranges you enter
- IP addresses
The data goes only to this site's own server, never to a third-party service.
Details sent by specific tools (counts, times, kinds and yes/no only)
In addition to “What is sent”, text to speech and the PDF tools send the following details.
- PDF tools (all)This tool
- The page count range, whether editing is restricted, whether a permissions password was entered, and whether the PDF is signed or encrypted.
- PDF cropping and page numbersThis tool
- The numbers of inputs and outputs and of pages cropped, numbered or with their margins reduced (all as ranges), how the margins were set, how the pages to crop or number were chosen, the number format and position, the range of the starting number, that the original was updated in place, and whether the original protection was reapplied.
- Text to speech
- The approximate number of characters and sentences, how many parts the text was generated in, and how long the AI model took to load.
- PDF text editing and redaction
- The numbers of rewrites, deletions, white-outs and redactions, the number of rewritten characters by source (original font or fallback font, the latter as a range) and the fallback typeface, the kinds of reasons why lines cannot be edited, and the number of pages turned into images by redaction and the reasons.
- PDF page operations and conversion between images and PDF
- The numbers of inputs and outputs, of pages rotated, deleted, duplicated or moved, of images inserted as they are, converted, in HEIC format or with corrected orientation, and of pages rendered at a lower resolution (all as ranges), whether the original was updated in place or a new document was created, and whether the original protection was reapplied, form fields were written into the page and bookmarks were added back.
- PDF compression
- The numbers of inputs and outputs, of images downsized, not downsized and black-and-white, of downsized images whose transparency was also downsized, that stayed lossless or that were converted from CMYK to RGB, and how many times the file was compressed (all as ranges), the kinds of reasons images were not downsized, whether the target size was met and the kind of reason it was not met, the range of how much smaller the file got, whether the original protection was reapplied, and whether the original PDF was returned unchanged.