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Add a Header and Footer to a PDF

Add running headers and footers to every page.

  • Free
  • No sign-up
  • Files stay on your device

or drag and drop it here

PDF files up to 150 MB · processed on your device, never uploaded

Your files are processed entirely in your browser using built-in web technologies. They are not uploaded to our servers, and closing the page clears them from memory.

How to use the Add Header & Footer to PDF

  1. Choose a PDF.
  2. Fill in any of the six header and footer boxes — use {n}, {total}, {date} and {filename} placeholders.
  3. Set size, colour and distance from the edge, then download.

What does this tool do?

Use it for “Confidential — Draft” headers, company names, document references, court bundle numbering or “Page 3 of 12” footers on reports and theses.

Text is placed relative to how each page is displayed, so rotated pages are stamped the right way up. Your PDF is processed on your own device and never uploaded.

Why use it?

  • Six positions.
  • Live placeholders.
  • Skip the cover page.

Privacy

Your files are processed entirely in your browser using built-in web technologies. They are not uploaded to our servers, and closing the page clears them from memory. There's no account to create and nothing to install.

Last reviewed by the M2Toolkit team.

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