Add page numbers to a PDF
Pick a corner, a format, and a starting number — the thumbnails preview exactly where every number lands. Your file never leaves your device.
Open your network tab while it runs: zero requests. Your document stays yours.
How to add page numbers to a PDF
- Select or drop your PDF — it's read by your browser, never sent to a server.
- Choose position and format — six positions, three formats (1 / Page 1 / 1 of N), a starting number, and a font size. The page badges preview the result live.
- Add → download — the numbers are printed into the file permanently, visible in every PDF viewer.
Court filings, theses, print shops — page numbers are usually needed on documents that matter. It runs on the same in-browser engine as our PDF merger, PDF splitter, and PDF to Markdown converter — the file never leaves your machine.
Page numbers, answered honestly.
No. The numbers are drawn into the file inside your browser and the result downloads on your device. Open the network tab while it runs: zero requests.
Yes — six positions (top or bottom; left, center, right), three formats (1 · Page 1 · 1 of N), any starting number, and a font size from 6 to 36 points.
Yes — set the starting number to anything, useful when the document is part of a larger set.
Yes. They're printed into the page content, so they show in every viewer and survive printing — they're not an overlay only this tool can see.
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