Is quickPDFs free to use?

Yes — quickPDFs is completely free, with no sign-up, no paywalled features, and no artificial limits beyond what your browser's memory can handle.

Are my PDF files uploaded anywhere?

No. Every tool runs entirely in your browser using standard Web APIs — there is no server behind this page, so nothing you open, edit or export ever leaves your device. You can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads and keep working.

Is the redaction real, or just a black box on top of the text?

It's real. When you apply redaction, every page that carries a redaction box is re-rendered as a flat image with the boxes burned in, so the text and graphics underneath are permanently removed from the file — not merely covered by a rectangle that a PDF viewer could lift off.

Why is text no longer selectable after compressing?

The Balanced, Strong and Extreme presets re-render pages as JPEG images at a lower DPI — that's what makes files dramatically smaller, and it means the text layer is gone. If you need to keep selectable text, use the Lossless clean-up preset instead; it re-saves the file with tighter internal structure but never rasterizes pages.

Can quickPDFs open password-protected PDFs?

The Unlock tool can remove a password when you know it — the file and password never leave your device, and the unlocked copy is rebuilt from page images (the honest client-side trade-off: text stops being selectable). Other tools can't open encrypted files, and quickPDFs doesn't ADD passwords: real encryption isn't possible with this fully client-side stack, so we don't fake it.

Can it convert PDF to Word or Word/Excel/PowerPoint to PDF?

PDF → Word exists as an honest text-only export: it builds a real .docx from the PDF's text layer, entirely on your device — layout, fonts and images are not reconstructed, because faithful conversion needs a server-sized document engine and quickPDFs never uploads your files. PDF to Excel/PowerPoint and Word/Excel/PowerPoint to PDF aren't offered for the same reason; your office suite's own 'Export as PDF' does that conversion properly.

Is there a file size limit?

Files up to 100 MB are accepted — a genuine browser-memory constraint for smooth on-device processing, not a monetization lever.

Can it extract text from scanned PDFs?

Extract Text reads the PDF's embedded text layer. Scanned documents are just pictures of text and have no text layer, so there is nothing to extract — that would require OCR, which quickPDFs doesn't pretend to do.

quickPDFs — Free PDF Editor: Merge, Split, Compress & Redact

Reorder, rotate, remove, restore and duplicate pages visually, then export the rearranged PDF.

Choose a PDF or drop it here Up to 100 MB — processed entirely on your device, never uploaded

Combine any number of PDFs into one. Drag rows (or use the arrows) to set the order.

Add PDFs — choose files or drop them here Up to 100 MB each — processed entirely on your device, never uploaded

Extract page ranges into one PDF, one PDF per range, fixed-size chunks, or every page as its own file.

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Drag a crop box on the page, then apply it to every page or just this one — a real vector crop, nothing gets rasterized.

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Shrink a PDF with honest presets — before/after sizes are always shown.

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Click existing text to retype it (size and colors matched automatically), or add new text, freehand ink, highlights, shapes, a drawn signature or image stamps — everything is baked in as real vector PDF content, nothing is rasterized. Retyping covers the original visually; to remove content permanently, use Redact.

Choose a PDF or drop it here Up to 100 MB — processed entirely on your device, never uploaded

Fill a PDF's built-in form fields — text boxes, checkboxes, radio groups and dropdowns — and optionally flatten the result so it can't be edited further.

Choose a PDF form or drop it here Up to 100 MB — processed entirely on your device, never uploaded

Drag black boxes over sensitive content, then apply. Redacted pages are flattened to images so the content underneath is permanently removed — not just covered up.

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Remove a password from a PDF you know the password for. The unlocked copy is rebuilt from page images (150 DPI) — that's the honest client-side trade-off: no upload, but text stops being selectable.

Choose a protected PDF or drop it here Up to 100 MB — file and password both stay on your device

Stamp translucent text across every page (or a range) — the preview shows exactly what will be baked in.

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Stamp page numbers in any corner or edge — four formats, optional unnumbered cover page.

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Render pages as PNG or JPEG images — download one by one, or everything as a ZIP.

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Combine JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF or BMP images into one PDF — one image per page, in the order you set.

Add images — choose files or drop them here PNG · JPG · WEBP · GIF · BMP — processed entirely on your device, never uploaded

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Export the PDF's text as a real Word (.docx) file, built entirely on your device. Text only — layout, fonts and images aren't reconstructed; faithful layout conversion needs a server-sized engine, and quickPDFs won't upload your file to get it.

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Pull the selectable text layer out of every page — copy it or download a .txt.

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Load two versions of a document and spot every change — side by side, or as a pixel-difference overlay with changed areas marked in red.

Document A — choose or drop e.g. the original version

Document B — choose or drop e.g. the edited version

View and edit the document information — title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer.

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