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Sign a PDF
Draw a signature with a mouse, pen or finger, type it in one of four handwriting styles, or take it from a photo with the paper removed. Place it, resize it, and add today's date beside it. This puts a picture of your signature on the page. For a digital signature made with your certificate, which others can check, PDF Stitch has that too, with Pro.
Yes. Sign PDF is one of the everyday tools, free forever, with no account and no watermark. Pricing
How to do it
- Open your PDF and double-click the page to sign, or press Enter on it.
- Choose the Signature tool (S) and click where it goes. Draw, type or pick a picture.
- Move or resize it, then press Download.
You do not have to take our word for it
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Watch the network
The "Nothing is uploaded" button in the app opens a list of every other site the page has contacted since you opened it, and how often, taken from the browser's own record. Your browser's developer tools show every request, this site's own included.
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Pull the plug
Once the app has loaded, turn off your network and keep working. Text recognition, the document converter and the handwriting fonts work offline too after their first use.
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Redaction that removes
A page with something blacked out is saved as a picture of itself, so the text under the box is gone, and every redacted page is checked before the file is saved.
Questions
- Is this a legally binding electronic signature?
- It is a simple electronic signature: a picture of your signature on the page, like a signed printout that was scanned. That is enough for many everyday agreements, but not where the law asks for written form, such as giving notice on an employment contract in Germany: that needs a signature in ink or a qualified electronic signature. Download signed with a certificate, with Pro, adds a digital signature with your own certificate, which lets others check who signed and that nothing changed since. Depending on the certificate it can be an advanced electronic signature, but it is never a qualified one.
- Is my signature kept?
- The last few signatures you made are remembered until you close the tab, or kept in this browser if you turn on Keep my files in this browser. They are never uploaded.
- Can I add the date?
- Yes. The Date tool writes today's date where you click.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Sign PDF is one of the everyday tools, free forever, with no account and no watermark.