📂 Click or Drag & Drop PDF File
✅ Your PDF is ready!
⬇ Download PDF Your download should start automatically. If it did not, click the green button above. Your file was processed on your own device and was never uploaded.How to Add a Header and Footer to a PDF
A header is the line of text at the top of every page and a footer is the line at the bottom. Offices, schools and courts often need the document name, the date or "Page 1 of 10" on every page.
- Upload your PDF by clicking or dragging it into the upload area
- Type your text in the left, centre or right box of the header or the footer
- Click the buttons to add automatic text such as the page number, total pages, date, time, file name, title or author
- Choose font, size, colour and distance from the edges
- Choose which pages should get the text. You can skip the cover page
- Look at the preview, then click "Add Header & Footer". The file downloads automatically
Everything happens inside your browser, so your document is never uploaded.
Why Use This Tool?
You can place text in six positions and see the real result in the preview. Automatic page numbers, total pages and dates are filled in for every page for you.
Your PDF stays on your own device. Nothing is sent to a server, and there is no sign-up.
Features of Header and Footer Tool
- Six places: header and footer, each with left, centre and right
- Automatic page number, total pages, date, time, file name, document title and author
- Six date styles, or your own date text
- Telugu, Hindi and other languages can be typed
- Helvetica, Times or Courier, with bold, italic, size and colour
- Distance from the top, bottom and side edges
- Thin line under the header and above the footer
- Use only chosen pages, odd or even pages, or skip the cover page
- Choose the first page number, for example start at 5
- Live preview of any page
- Rotated pages are handled correctly
- Your original text, links and bookmarks are not changed
- No upload and no sign-up
- Free to use
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my document uploaded to a server?
No. Everything happens inside your browser. Your PDF never leaves your device.
Can I write Telugu or Hindi in the header?
Yes. Text in these languages is drawn as a small picture, so it shows correctly, but it cannot be selected or searched. English text is added as real text.
How do I show "Page 1 of 10"?
Type Page {page} of {pages} in a box, or click "Example: Page 1 of 10".
Can I leave the cover page without a header?
Yes. Tick "Leave the first page empty". To make the second page number 1, set "First page number is" to 0.
Will it cover my existing text?
The new text is added on top of the page. If your page already has text near the edge, change the distance from the edge.
Do bookmarks and links stay?
Yes. The tool adds text to your own file, so everything else stays as it was.
Does it work on a password protected PDF?
No. Unlock it first with the Unlock PDF tool.
Is it free?
Yes, this tool is completely free to use.
About This Tool
This tool is made for students, offices, lawyers and anyone who needs the same line of text on every page of a document.
Because the work is done by your own browser, your documents stay private.