PAGE NUMBERS
Add Page Numbers to PDF
Add page numbers to an existing PDF. Choose the page to start from and exactly where the numbers should appear.
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How to add page numbers to a PDF
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Upload your PDF file, or merge multiple documents first if you want one continuous page sequence.
FAQ
Yes. You can add page numbers to PDFs for free in your browser without creating an account.
No. Page numbering is processed locally in your browser and your file is not uploaded for server-side processing.
There is no fixed server upload limit. The real limit is your device memory and browser capacity for large PDFs.
Yes. You can place numbers in bottom-right, top-right, or bottom-center positions before exporting the updated PDF.
Yes. Page numbers are drawn as standard text elements on each page using PDF-lib, making them a permanent part of the page content. They will appear consistently in every PDF viewer including Adobe Acrobat, Apple Preview, Google Drive, and mobile PDF apps — they are not annotations or overlays that some viewers might hide.
Yes. Because page numbers are drawn as a new text layer on top of the existing page content (rather than editing the existing content), they work correctly on both text-based PDFs and scanned or image-based PDFs. The existing page content is not modified — only the number is added.
Yes. Set the starting value in the \"Page numbers start from\" field to begin numbering from any positive number.
No. The existing page content is preserved; the tool only draws number text at your selected position on each page.