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Drop your PDF onto the tool or click to browse. Supports files up to 100 MB.
Enter your text and adjust position, font size, opacity (5-100%), rotation (0-360°), and color.
Click Add Watermark and download the result instantly. Watermark is applied to every page.
Enter any text — CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, DO NOT COPY, your company name, or any custom message.
Place the watermark at the center, top-left, top-right, bottom-left, or bottom-right of each page.
Set transparency from 5% (nearly invisible) to 100% (fully opaque). Typical watermarks use 20-40%.
Rotate the watermark from 0° to 360°. The classic diagonal watermark uses 315° (or 45°).
Choose font size from 12pt to 120pt. Larger sizes are more visible; smaller sizes are more subtle.
Choose any color using the color picker or enter a hex code. Grey (#808080) is the most common watermark color.
Yes — TryDocsy's PDF Watermark tool is completely free. No signup, no account, no upload to servers, and no file size limits beyond 100 MB.
Yes — you can set the opacity from 5% to 100%. A lower opacity (20-30%) makes the watermark semi-transparent, which is typical for CONFIDENTIAL or DRAFT stamps.
Yes — the watermark is applied to every page of the PDF. The live preview shows the first page so you can see how it will look before downloading.
No — you need to unlock the PDF first using the PDF Unlock tool, then add the watermark.
Watermarks added by TryDocsy are embedded as text drawn directly on the page. They can be removed using a PDF editor, but this requires editing the PDF content layer.
TryDocsy uses Helvetica Bold, a clean and widely-readable sans-serif font that works well for watermarks at any size.