What colors can I use to highlight?

We offer yellow, green, blue, pink, and orange highlight colors. Choose the color that best fits your needs.

Can I highlight a scanned PDF?

Highlighting works best on PDFs with selectable text. For scanned documents, use our OCR tool first to make the text selectable.

Yes! Highlights are embedded in the PDF and visible to anyone who opens the document in any PDF viewer.

Yes, you can remove highlights before downloading. Most PDF viewers also allow you to remove or edit highlights in the downloaded file.

Free PDF Tool

Highlight text in any PDF document. Choose from multiple colors to mark important passages.

100% free · No signup · Private

Three simple steps. No account needed.

Click the button above or drag and drop the PDF you want to highlight.

Choose a highlight color, then select the text you want to highlight. The highlight is applied instantly.

Save and download your PDF with all highlights included.

Everything you need to know about this tool.

Upload your PDF, select the highlight tool and choose a color, then click and drag over the text you want to highlight. It's applied instantly.

No account needed. No software to install. Your files stay private on your device.