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Podalls Convert is a free PDF editor for Windows 10 and 11. It changes existing text and pictures, adds text, drawings, highlights, shapes and whiteout, has undo and redo, and works offline without an account.

Download free for Windows How it works
Edit PDF Fix it without starting over.
Change, move or delete text and pictures; draw, highlight and add content
v0.3.0 · Windows 10 and 11 · Offline · Free How to edit a PDF for free on Windows Malaysia · UTC+8
Opens
.pdf
Makes
Save over the file, or save a copy
In the app
Tools › PDF › Edit PDF
Account
Not needed
Price
Free, for work too

How it works

How to edit a PDF for free on Windows

Three steps, all on your PC. Nothing is uploaded.

  1. Open Editor, or choose Edit in the Reader.

  2. Double-click text to retype it, or pick a tool to add something.

  3. Save, or Save a copy to keep the original.

What you get

Built for the real document.

  • Change what is there

    Retype or recolour text; move, resize or delete pictures and drawings.

  • Add what is missing

    Text, pictures, freehand ink, highlights, lines, arrows, rectangles and ellipses.

  • Sign and tick

    Draw your signature once and place it with a click; tick, cross or dot the boxes of forms that cannot be filled in.

  • Find and replace

    Change a name, a price or a date everywhere in the document at once.

  • Copy, paste and arrange

    Copy objects to another page, paste pictures and text from other apps, restack, rotate and make them see-through.

  • Whiteout that blends in

    Whiteout takes the colour around it, so covered areas do not stand out.

Your choices

Everything on the toolbar.

What the Editor can change, add and save, drawn from the app.

Editor

Select and move

TextPicturesDrawings

Move, resize or delete what is on the page; retype and recolour text.

Add

TextPictureSignCheck markDrawHighlightLineArrowRectangleEllipseWhiteout

Sign places the signature you drew once; Check mark ticks, crosses or dots a box. Hold Shift for straight lines, squares and circles.

Arrange

CopyPasteDuplicateBring to frontSend to backRotateOpacity

Ctrl+C, X, V and D work on the same page or another. Right-click an object for the rest.

Find and replace

Find textReplace withMatch capitalsReplace all

Ctrl+F. Change a name, price or date everywhere at once; one Ctrl+Z takes it back.

Whiteout

Match page(selected)Pick from page

Match page takes the colour around the box.

Save

SaveSave a copy

Save over the PDF with Ctrl+S, or keep it and save a copy.

Undo and redo every change with Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.

Under the hood

How it decides.

What it reads, what it saves, and the rules it follows, taken from the app itself.

Reads 1 file type

  • .pdf

Saves as

  • contract.pdf, saved over with Save
  • A separate copy with Save a copy

Never over another file, and never over your original.

  • Text edited in place

    Each piece of text is edited in its own box. Surrounding paragraphs do not reflow.

  • Fonts found by name

    New letters use the PDF’s own typeface when it is installed on your PC, Office fonts such as Aptos included, else the closest family.

  • Clicks go to the text

    In a table, a click picks the text, not the cell border drawn over it.

  • Corrections that match

    Whiting out text also sets the Text tool to that text’s colour.

  • All or nothing

    A change that fails half-way is taken back whole, so no stray objects end up in the saved file.

App or website?

Why not an online converter?

Online tools ask for your file first. Podalls Convert never does.

Topic Podalls Convert Windows appOnline converters In the browser
Your file Stays on your PCUploaded to their server
Internet Not needed to convertNeeded for every file
Size and pages What your PC can handleOften capped on free plans
Many files Drop a whole folder: every job joins the queueUsually one at a time
Account Not neededOften asked for
Price Free, for work tooFree tier, or a subscription

Good to know

Honest limits.

What this tool does not do, said plainly.

  • Text changes piece by piece, so surrounding paragraphs do not reflow.
  • A scan’s words need Recognise text before they can be selected; what the scan looks like cannot be retyped.
  • Saving a signed PDF invalidates its signature. You are warned first.

First time? The install guide shows every screen, including the Windows warning.

Questions

Edit PDF, answered.

7 answers

Another question? Everything about Podalls Convert.

Does it keep my fonts?

Retyped text uses the document’s typeface when it is installed on your PC, otherwise the closest family.

Can I edit a scanned document?

You can annotate and whiteout a scan. To select its words, run Recognise text first.

Can I sign a PDF?

Yes. Choose Sign (S), draw your signature once on the pad, then click to place it on any PDF. It is remembered on this PC only. This is a drawn signature, not a certified digital one.

Can I tick the boxes of a form that cannot be filled in?

Yes. The Check mark tool (K) puts a tick, a cross or a dot wherever you click.

Can I delete or reorder pages?

The Editor changes what is on a page. To turn, reorder or remove whole pages, use Organise pages.

Is Edit PDF in Podalls Convert free?

Yes. Podalls Convert is free for personal and commercial use, with no account and no subscription. Every tool in it, including this one, comes in the same free download.

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No. Podalls Convert does the work on your PC and saves the result there. It only goes online to check for and download its own updates.

In the same free download

Keep going.

Every tool below comes with Podalls Convert. One app, one queue, nothing uploaded.

Edit PDF, without the upload.

Download free for Windows

What you are getting

Tool
Edit PDF, in Tools › PDF › Edit PDF
Makes
Save over the file, or save a copy
Works on
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit
Version
0.3.0
Price
Free for personal and commercial use