# Add Page Numbers to PDF

Add page numbers to a PDF in the corner you choose, starting from any number, and leave the title page unnumbered. Your original is never uploaded.

Canonical page: https://filetity.com/add-page-numbers-to-pdf

## Capabilities

- Free: Yes, with no watermark and no page limit.
- Account required: No. There is no account system.
- Processed on device: Yes. The file is read by your browser and never uploaded. There is no server to send it to.
- Formats: PDF in, PDF out. One file at a time.
- Limits: No page limit. Numbers are drawn 11 points high, in the margin, as "3", "Page 3" or "3 of 12". Numbers already printed in the document cannot be removed.
- Mobile: Yes, on any modern mobile browser. Large files are limited by the memory the phone gives the browser.
- Offline: Yes, after you have used it once. Your browser keeps what the tool needs, so it then works with no network connection.

## Questions

### My PDF already has page numbers. Will these replace them?

No. They are added on top, so the document ends up with two sets. Nothing can remove numbers that are already drawn into the pages, so if the old ones are wrong, put the new ones in a different corner or fix the original document.

### How do I keep the title page unnumbered?

Tick "leave the first page unnumbered". Page 1 comes back exactly as it went in, and page 2 gets the starting number, so a document starting at 1 shows 1 on its second page. Start at 2 instead if you want the count to include the title page.

### Will the number print on top of my text?

It sits in the margin, closer to the edge than a text block normally runs, so on most documents it lands in white space. If your content already fills the margin, pick a different corner.

### Does it cope with pages of different sizes?

Yes. Every number is placed using its own page's size and rotation, so a landscape page in the middle of an A4 document gets its number in the right place too.

### In 3 of 12, is 12 the page count or the last number printed?

The last number printed. With the title page skipped and numbering starting at 1, a 12-page document reads 1 of 11 to 11 of 11. Start at 2 if you want the total to match the physical page count.

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