The free PDF editor for Windows.

Built for the way Windows works

• Your default PDF app. The installer offers Paperwing for opening PDFs. Set it in Settings, Apps, Default apps.
• PDF thumbnails in File Explorer while Paperwing is your PDF app, so you can see what’s in a file before you open it.
• Installer or portable. Install it with Start-menu and desktop shortcuts, or run the portable version from any folder or USB stick.
• Updates you control. The installer version tells you when there’s a new release and installs it only when you choose Update.
• Native file dialogs and a real Save that writes back to the original file.
• Ctrl shortcuts you already know, including Acrobat’s single-key tools.

Everything you need from a PDF editor

Paperwing has more than 100 tools, all free: edit text and images, sign, fill forms, merge, split, compress, convert to Word and from Word, OCR, redact and password protect. See all the tools.

Private by default

Every tool runs on your PC. Paperwing has no account, no analytics and no telemetry, and your documents are never uploaded. The only times it goes online are to check for updates (which you can turn off) and for a few one-time engine downloads, such as the Office converter.

Install in a minute

1. Download the installer above (about 190 MB), or the portable zip from the download page.
2. Run it. If Windows protected your PC appears, click More info, then Run anyway.
3. Open a PDF, or drag one onto the window.

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