Add Page Numbers to PDF in One Pass

Drop your PDF onto the upload area, choose a position (bottom center, bottom right or top right), set the starting number and font size, and choose Number my pages. The tool stamps a number on every page and gives you the finished PDF to download right away.

Yes. Set any starting number before you apply — useful when a document continues from an earlier volume or when a separate cover file takes the first numbers. Each page's number is its position plus your starting value, so the sequence stays consistent.

Turn on the skip-first-page option. The first page is left exactly as it was, and numbering continues on page 2 in step with the document, so a table of contents that says page 5 still lands on the page labeled 5.

No. Page numbers are written into the page content rather than re-rendering the document, so fonts, images and vector content stay untouched and the file size barely changes.

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Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 PDFs on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every PDF is processed with the same settings before you download a single ZIP. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 PDFs on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking PDF gets refused.

Page content is preserved, but anything that depended on the original file being interactive can behave differently — form fields, layers and annotations may be flattened into the page depending on the operation you ran. If you need the fields to stay fillable, do the flattening step last. Keep the untouched original until you have checked the output end to end.

Add Page Numbers to PDF supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — Add Page Numbers to PDF runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.

This tool writes the number alone, such as 7. PDF Editor can do the longer form: its Pages tab has an Add page numbers option that takes a format such as Page {n} of {total} and offers left, center and right positions at the top or bottom.

Numbers are black, 12 points by default, and sit a third of an inch from the edge on top of whatever is there. A dark footer or a full-page image can hide them. Choose another position, or raise the Font size, which goes up to 48.

Every page is numbered, except the first when you tick Skip first page (cover). To number part of a document, split that part out with Split PDF, number it, and join it back with Merge PDF.

Numbers are black in one standard typeface, and the only style control is Font size, from 6 to 48 points. Choose a position that sits clear of dark areas so the digits stay readable.

Tick Skip first page (cover) and set Start at to 0. The cover stays blank, the second page is stamped 1 and the numbers continue from there. The result card then shows how many pages were numbered.