PDF Editor

Online PDF editor: edit, sign and protect your documents

The Volade PDF editor lets you edit, sign, annotate and protect your documents directly in your browser, with no upload to a server. Text and image editing, handwritten or typed signature, form filling, highlighting, pen, stamps, shapes, permanent redaction, merging and reorganising pages, password protection, OCR and a smart assistant: everything works locally, fast and without sign-up.

Whether you need to edit text, sign a contract before sending, fill in a form, redact sensitive data or prepare a professional portfolio, this free PDF editor brings together in a single tool all the features that paid suites usually separate.

Why choose a 100% local PDF editor?

Most online editors force you to upload your documents, which travel through and are stored on their servers. Volade does the opposite: editing, signing, OCR and encryption all happen entirely in your browser. Your contracts, proof documents and client files never leave your device — a precious guarantee for professionals bound by secrecy or data protection rules, and a speed advantage for everyone.

Edit the text of an existing PDF

Unlike tools that only overlay content on top of the document, the Volade editor detects the original text blocks thanks to the PDF analysis engine. Click a block to cover it and enter your new text, automatically keeping the position, font and size. You can also permanently erase content with the redaction tool, ideal for irreversibly hiding information.

Sign a PDF in seconds

Draw your signature with the mouse or finger, type it in cursive, or import your signature image. Save it locally to reuse it on every document, then place it anywhere on the page using the resize handles. You can also insert initials, date, name or role — handy for quotes, leases, powers of attorney and agreements.

Fill in forms and annotate freely

The tool auto-detects the fields of a paper form (text, checkboxes, fill-in boxes…) and handles interactive AcroForm fields that you can fill in then flatten. To annotate, use highlighting, underlining, strikeout, pen, shapes and notes: each annotation displays transparently on your document and can be modified at any time.

Permanently redact sensitive data

A simple black rectangle does not delete the content hidden behind it. The Volade redaction tool really removes the area from the content layer on save: the text underneath can no longer be recovered. Use it to hide a card number, an IBAN, an address or any confidential information before sharing a document.

Protect, reorganise and prepare your documents

Protect your PDF with an opening or modification password using locally applied encryption, and choose the permissions (printing, copying, annotating). Reorganise, rotate, duplicate or merge pages with the thumbnails, turn a scanned paper into PDF with OCR, add headers, footers, page numbers, watermarks or Bates numbering via the layout tool.

A fully local PDF assistant

Summarise your document, extract the key data (emails, IBANs, dates, references), compute the total of your amounts or ask a question directly to the content. This assistant works in a purely extractive way, in your browser: to respect your privacy, no data is transmitted to a cloud AI service.

Free to start, Premium for volume

The free version is enough for the essentials: edit a 2-page PDF with unlimited signatures, annotations and redaction. Premium unlocks longer documents, large files and batches, always with the same level of privacy. Whatever the plan, no file leaves your device.

Who can benefit?

Students reworking course material; employees signing and annotating contracts; small businesses and freelancers preparing quotes and invoices; lawyers, notaries and HR teams redacting sensitive data; accountants consolidating proof documents; and individuals who want to complete an administrative form.

Whatever your level, the tool stays completely simple: open, edit, save. No sign-up is required for the free version.