Your private PDF workbench

Free online PDF tools that keep your files on your device

Choose a single task or follow a complete workflow. DraftFort processes supported PDFs and images in your browser, with no account, product watermark or document upload to DraftFort.

No upload for document processing
Free with no account or watermark
Fast on modern mobile and desktop browsers
Choose by outcome

What do you need to do?

Use the narrowest tool for the job. Your original file is not overwritten.

Your taskStart here
Combine complete PDF filesMerge PDF
Keep only chosen pagesSplit PDF
Reorder, delete or rotate with previewsOrganize PDF
Fix sideways pages without rearrangingRotate PDF
Change pages to A4, Letter, Legal or a custom sizeResize PDF
Trim white space or unwanted outer marginsCrop PDF
Require a password before the document opensPassword protect PDF
Remove a known password from an authorised PDFUnlock PDF
Inspect and remove author, dates, XMP and document IDsRemove PDF metadata
Meet a 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB or custom limitCompress PDF
Add folios to selected pagesAdd page numbers
Mark a copy Draft, Confidential or with custom textWatermark PDF
Add visible text, dates or a drawn/typed signatureSign PDF
Combine photos or scans into a PDFImage to PDF
Save selected PDF pages as smaller photographic imagesPDF to JPG
Save selected PDF pages as lossless imagesPDF to PNG
Extract selectable words into an editable TXT filePDF to Text
Publish structured notes with selectable textMarkdown to PDF
Turn CSV or TSV table data into a paginated PDFCSV to PDF
Arrange & mark

Fix page order, size and presentation

Keep, reorder, crop, resize, rotate, number, watermark, fill or visibly sign the pages you need.

Stay in control

Useful multi-step PDF workflows

Download the result from one tool, check it, then open that copy in the next.

Turn scans into a tidy packet

Create a PDF from photos, put the pages in order, then reduce the final file for email or an upload limit.

  1. Image to PDF
  2. Organize
  3. Compress

Share only the pages needed

Extract the relevant pages, then send a smaller PDF or export JPG/PNG page images when a PDF is not accepted.

  1. Split
  2. Compress
  3. PDF to JPG
  4. PDF to PNG

Prepare a protected sharing copy

Clean document properties if needed, reduce the file before encryption, then add the opening password as the final step.

  1. Remove metadata
  2. Compress
  3. Protect
Before you begin

Private processing has honest limits

Local processing removes the document-upload step, but it uses your device's memory and processor. Very large or image-heavy files may work better on a computer than a phone. Unlock PDF removes standard password encryption only when you provide a password and confirm that you own the file or have permission; it does not recover or crack passwords. Password Protect PDF adds AES-256 opening-password encryption, but it is not DRM and DraftFort cannot recover a forgotten password. Remove PDF Metadata clears supported document properties, but it is not complete anonymization and does not remove visible content.

PDF is a complex format. Basic pages usually retain their text and geometry in non-rasterising tools, but forms, bookmarks, attachments, layers, accessibility tags and digital signatures can change when a new PDF is written. Keep the original and review every downloaded copy.

A safer three-step habit

  1. Keep the source. DraftFort creates a new downloadable copy.
  2. Use the smallest workflow. Make only the changes you need.
  3. Open and verify. Check pages, text, links, forms and signatures before sharing.
All tools, one promise

Your documents belong to you

Use DraftFort without creating an account or handing your files to a document-processing server.

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