Add Headers and Footers
Headers and footers are for titles, dates, or file names that should appear on every page. The text is drawn locally and is not a metadata field.
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Drop your PDF file here, or browse
Supports standard PDF documents • Up to 100 MB
Private by design. Document processing runs in this browser. PDFForge has no document upload API.
How it works
How Add Headers and Footers works
Headers and footers are for titles, dates, or file names that should appear on every page. The text is drawn locally and is not a metadata field.
Guided steps
How to use Add Headers and Footers
- 1Open a PDF.
- 2Enter header and footer text.
- 3Preview placement on a sample page.
- 4Apply the text locally and download the result.
In this tab
What stays in this browser
The file stays in this tab.
- What this tool reads
- One PDF and the header and footer text you type.
- What the download contains
- One PDF with that text on each page.
Questions
Add Headers and Footers FAQs
Is header text stored as PDF metadata?
No. It is visible page content. Use View Metadata or Remove Metadata for document properties.
Can the header differ on page 1?
This tool applies the same header and footer to the pages you process. Per-page exceptions are not included.
Will this replace page numbers?
It can overlap numbers if both sit in the same corner. Place headers away from numbering or run one tool at a time.
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