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Add highlights, underlines, and text notes to your PDF. Drag to highlight or underline, click to place notes. 100% in your browser.

Frequently Asked Questions

Three types: Highlight (semi-transparent colored rectangle), Underline (colored line), and Text Note (click to place a text label).
Annotations are flattened into the PDF content (drawn directly on pages). They are visible but not separately editable in PDF readers. This ensures maximum compatibility.
No. All annotation happens locally in your browser using pdf-lib.
Highlights, underlines, and text comments.
Yes โ€” navigate and annotate every page.
No. All processing happens locally in your browser using pdf-lib and pdf.js.
There is no hard limit. Very large PDFs (100MB+) may slow down your browser.

PDF Annotate: Add highlights, underlines, and notes

PDF Annotate lets you add highlights, underlines, and notes. Upload a PDF and get an annotated PDF โ€” all processed locally in your browser, with no uploads and no sign-up.

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Highlight key passages in study material

Highlight key passages in study material. This is one of the most common reasons people reach for PDF Annotate โ€” and it handles the job in seconds, entirely in your browser.

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Underline important contract clauses

Underline important contract clauses. This is one of the most common reasons people reach for PDF Annotate โ€” and it handles the job in seconds, entirely in your browser.

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Add review notes to documents

Add review notes to documents. This is one of the most common reasons people reach for PDF Annotate โ€” and it handles the job in seconds, entirely in your browser.

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Powerful features that make PDF Annotate fast, private, and free.

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Instant Processing

PDFs are processed in your browser the moment you upload.

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Your PDFs never leave your device โ€” no server uploads.

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Text-Based Output

Conversions produce real, searchable, selectable text.

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