Add Page Numbers to PDF – Free Online Numbering

Number your PDF pages in seconds. Choose position, format and starting number. Free online tool, no watermark.

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Add Page Numbers to a PDF: step by step

Number your PDF pages in seconds. Choose position, format and starting number. Free online tool, no watermark.

  1. 1

    Upload your PDF

    Drop in a document and the first page appears with “Page 1” already stamped in its header. Files are deleted after 2 hours.

    The top of a page in the preview with “Page 1” stamped in the header, live on the sheet
  2. 2

    Pick a number style

    Write any caption, then tap the caret for the ready-made styles — Page 1, Page I, Page 2 of 45, the file name, or a plain text label. The line under the box previews the whole run before you commit.

    The Customize Style composer: the text box holding “Page”, the grey number chip and its caret, and the preview line “Preview: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, …”

    Numbers go in any of six slots — header or footer, left, center or right. Font and size are yours to pick, and the page can keep its margins or move the content in to make room.

    Location on page set to Header center, the Font row with Times New Roman selected and size 20, and Document Margins on Leave unchanged
  3. 3

    Pick pages and run

    More options numbers only the pages you name — 1-10, 12-, odd, even, or lists like 2,4,6,10 — and Start numbering from continues the count (set 5 to open the file at page 5). Press Add page numbers and the numbered document comes back ready to download.

    More options open: Apply only to pages with its example placeholder, Start numbering from set to 1, and the Add page numbers button beside the Fewer options link
  • Five ready styles

    Page 1, Page I, Page 2 of 45, the file name, or a free text label — one tap each.

  • Six slots

    Header or footer, in the left, center or right — wherever the page wants its number.

  • Three fonts, any size

    Times New Roman, Helvetica or Courier, from 6 up to 28.

  • Only the pages you pick

    1-10, 12-, odd, even or lists like 2,4,6,10 — number a section without touching the rest.

  • Number from any start

    “Start numbering from” continues a run — set 5 when the file follows an earlier document.

  • Private by default

    No account, no watermark — and every file is automatically deleted after 2 hours.

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