Add Page Numbers to PDF

Stamp page numbers onto your PDF. Choose the position, format, font size and starting number. Processed privately in your browser.

How to use Add Page Numbers

  1. 1

    Select your PDF file.

  2. 2

    Choose where the numbers go and how they look.

  3. 3

    Click Add Page Numbers and download your PDF.

About Add Page Numbers

Add Page Numbers stamps a number on every page of your PDF. Choose one of six positions (top or bottom; left, center or right), a format such as “Page 3 of 12”, the starting number, font size, margin and colour. You can also limit numbering to a page range, for example 2- to leave the cover page unnumbered.

Whether you think of it as PDF page numbers, page numbering or a way to number PDF pages, the result is the same: a clean, consistent number on every page. Insert page numbers into contracts, theses and scanned batches in seconds.

Numbers are placed correctly even on pages that are rotated. Everything runs in your browser and the original file is not changed.

Tips

Common uses

Page numbers make long documents navigable and make discussion easier (“see page 14”). They are expected in theses, legal bundles, board packs, manuals and any document that will be printed and could be shuffled. Adding them after merging several files gives you one continuous sequence instead of several restarts.

Guides for Add Page Numbers

Good to know

Can I skip the cover page?

Yes. Enter a page range such as 2- in “Pages to number”, and set “First number” to 1 to start counting from page 2.

Can I use a format like “Page 1 of 10”?

Yes. Pick it from the Format list. “1 / 10”, “Page 1” and plain numbers are available too.

Where can the page numbers go?

At the top or bottom of the page, on the left, in the centre or on the right, with an adjustable margin from the edge.

Is it free?

Yes — completely free, with no sign-up and no watermarks added by us.