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Add Page Numbers

Add Page Numbers stamps a running number onto every page of a document, in the position you choose. Number a report, contract or manuscript before sharing it — the numbers are drawn onto the pages in your browser, with a live preview of the first page.

01

Add your PDF

The file is read by your browser and stays on your device — there is no upload step.

02

Your PDF

The work runs in this tab. Nothing is sent anywhere, and the download is generated locally.

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How to use Add Page Numbers

  1. 01
    Upload

    Add your PDF

    Drop the file in and preview where the number will appear on page one.

  2. 02
    Customize

    Choose placement

    Pick bottom-centre, bottom-right or top-right, and set which number to start from.

  3. 03
    Process

    Download

    Export to stamp the numbers onto every page and save the result.

What you are adding

Real text on the page

Numbers are drawn as text into each page, so they print correctly and stay sharp at any zoom.

Independent of the reader

A PDF reader shows its own page count in the toolbar. These numbers are part of the document, which is what matters once it is printed.

Where they go

  • Bottom centre

    The safe default. Rarely collides with content and reads naturally in a printed document.

  • Bottom outer corner

    The convention for anything bound, because the outer corner is what you see when flipping through.

  • Mind the margin

    Too close to the edge and home printers or a binding will clip them. Keep them inside the printable area.

Worth checking first

  • Numbers already on the page — A document exported with its own footer will end up with two competing numbers.

  • Get the order right first — Numbering then reordering produces a document whose numbers are wrong. Reorder, then number.

  • Cover pages — Decide whether the cover counts as page one, then check that the number you see matches what the reader expects.

Supported formats

  • PDF
Maximum file size —
bounded by your device's memory
Processed by —
pdf-lib, on your device

Your file, and what the page does

Your file is never uploaded. Add Page Numbers reads it into this browser tab and processes it with pdf-lib on your own device. There is no upload endpoint in the application and no copy on any server — closing the tab discards it.

What the page does send or fetch

Ads on the page
The site is funded by advertising, so the page loads Google AdSense. That carries the usual web basics — IP address, browser, referring page — as on any ad-supported site.
An anonymous usage counter
When Add Page Numbers finishes we record that the tool ran, whether it succeeded and how long it took. No file data, no identifier, no cookie.

Your file is not on that list. How this works.

Frequently asked questions

Yes — set the start value, for example to skip a cover page and begin at 1 on the second page.

Choose bottom-centre, bottom-right or top-right; a preview shows the position before you export.

They sit in the page margin, so they won't overlap the main body of most documents.

Yes — Add Page Numbers is completely free. There's no account, sign-up, watermark or limit.

No. It runs in any modern browser — Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Brave — with nothing to download or install.

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