Truly Free. Unlimited Usage.
Maximum privacy with 100% local processing.
No sign-up. No file upload required.
Merge PDFs
Combine multiple PDFs into one
Split Pages
Split PDF at specific pages
Extract Pages
Extract specific pages from PDF
Organize PDFs
Reorder, Rotate or Delete Pages
Delete PDF Pages
Delete pages from PDF
Rotate PDF Pages
Rotate pages in PDF
Reorder PDF Pages
Drag and drop to rearrange pages
Edit PDF
Add text, shapes, and annotations
Sign PDF
Add electronic signatures to PDF
Watermark PDF
Add text or image watermarks
Number Pages
Add page numbers to PDF
Redact PDF
Remove content by blacking out
Crop PDF
Crop PDF pages to custom area
Resize PDF
Resize PDF pages to standard sizes
Compress PDF
Reduce file size while keeping quality
Protect PDF
Add password protection to PDF
Unlock PDF
Remove password protection
Flatten PDF
Flatten forms and annotations
OCR PDF
Extract text from scanned PDFs
PDF to Image
Convert PDF pages to images
PDF to JPG
Convert PDF to JPG images
PDF to PNG
Convert PDF to PNG images
PDF to WebP
Convert PDF to WebP images
Long Screenshot
Convert PDF to a single long image
Image to PDF
Convert JPG/PNG/WebP to PDF
JPG to PDF
Convert JPG images to PDF
PNG to PDF
Convert PNG images to PDF
WebP to PDF
Convert WebP images to PDF
Extract Text
Extract text from PDF
Extract Images
Extract all images from PDF
Edit PDF Metadata
Edit title, author & clear sensitive data
Why Use CedarPDF Online Free PDF Tools?
We built CedarPDF to solve the common frustrations you face with other online PDF tools. Here is our promise to you:
Truly Free & Unlimited
All features are free for unlimited usage and file size. No hidden fees, no daily limits, and no upgrade nags. Forever.
100% Private & Pure Frontend
Your files never leave your device. All processing happens locally in your browser using a pure frontend architecture. No server upload means zero risk of data breaches.
Lightning Fast & Lightweight
Built with a lightweight architecture. No heavy server round-trips mean faster load times, better performance on any network, and top-tier Core Web Vitals scores.
No AI Data Harvesting
A clean, focused interface with a strict privacy promise: your documents are never used to train AI models, ensuring your intellectual property remains entirely yours.
Who Uses CedarPDF?
CedarPDF is built for everyone. Whether you're a student on a tight budget, a professional tired of expensive subscriptions, or a small business protecting client data - our tools are free, private, and unlimited.
Learn and Teach Without Barriers
- Merge research papers, lecture slides, and assignment PDFs into a single submission file.
- Compress large scanned documents to meet email or portal upload limits.
- Extract specific pages from textbooks or convert PDFs to images for presentations.
- Best of all: Education shouldn't come with a price tag. CedarPDF is 100% free with no limits - because students and teachers deserve better than expensive subscriptions.
Your Work, Your Data, Your Rules
- Handle contracts, invoices, and reports without uploading sensitive files to corporate servers you don't control.
- Edit, sign, redact, and organize PDFs right in your browser - no software installation, no account required.
- Save hundreds of dollars a year by replacing expensive commercial PDF subscriptions.
- Best of all: You shouldn't have to surrender your data sovereignty just to get your work done. With CedarPDF, your documents stay on your device - always.
Enterprise-Grade Privacy, Zero Cost
- Process confidential client documents, financial records, and internal reports without any cloud exposure.
- Protect your business data from AI harvesting and third-party access - everything runs 100% locally in your browser.
- Eliminate per-seat licensing fees that drain your budget as your team grows.
- Best of all: Small businesses shouldn't be forced to choose between data security and affordability. CedarPDF gives you both, for free, forever.
About CedarPDF
Inspired by the cedar tree - a symbol of resilience and beauty in British Columbia, Canada. CedarPDF is built by a small team in Vancouver. We are a non-profit project on a mission to redefine the PDF user experience.
Unlike commercial tools that lock features behind paywalls or harvest your data, we believe PDF tools should be accessible, transparent, and truly private. Your documents should stay on your device - always. All processing happens 100% locally in your browser, meaning no server uploads, no hidden agendas, and no AI training on your files.
Our platform is designed for seamless compatibility across PCs (Windows/Mac), tablets, and mobile devices (iOS/Android), enabling everyone to work with PDF files freely, easily, and securely.
(Want to meet Bossy, our Dachshund CEO, and learn more about our team? )
Our Mission: Privacy in the AI Era
In today's digital world, your documents contain far more than just text—they hold your ideas, your work, your identity, and your privacy. When you upload files to online services, you're not just sharing data; you're potentially feeding it into AI systems that learn from everything they process.
Even if a service promises not to misuse your data, once uploaded, your documents could be stored on vulnerable servers, transmitted across networks, or silently used to train AI models. This data may later resurface in AI-generated responses, potentially exposing your confidential information to others without your knowledge or consent.
That's why CedarPDF is different. We process everything locally on your device. Your files never touch our servers, never get uploaded to the cloud, and never become training data for AI. You maintain complete control over your documents at every step.
We believe that in an age where data is the most valuable asset, true privacy means keeping your data where it belongs - with you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about how CedarPDF works and why it's free.
CedarPDF runs the processing engine directly within your browser using a pure frontend architecture. When you use CedarPDF, every operation—merging, splitting, compressing, editing, or converting - happens instantly in your computer's memory.
Your PDF files are never uploaded to any remote server. Once the process is complete and you have your result, all data is cleared from memory. This means no one but you ever has access to your documents.
Additionally, CedarPDF's core PDF processing modules utilize open-source PDF libraries, which are maintained by a global community, ensuring complete transparency, security, and constant updates.
In the age of AI, data has become the most valuable resource. When you upload documents to online services, even those with good privacy policies, your data faces multiple risks:
1. Server vulnerabilities: Uploaded files are stored on remote servers that can be hacked or breached, exposing your sensitive information to malicious actors.
2. AI training: Many online services use uploaded content to train their AI models. Once your data is used for training, it becomes part of the AI's knowledge base and may be regurgitated in responses to other users.
3. Loss of control: Once uploaded, you have no way to know how your data is being used, who has access to it, or how long it will be stored.
CedarPDF eliminates all these risks by processing everything locally. Your documents never leave your device, never get stored on any server, and never become training data for AI systems. You maintain complete control and privacy.
This is a non-profit project. All team members work voluntarily because we believe in the mission of providing free, private tools to everyone.
Current development and operating costs are kept to a minimum and are entirely covered by donations. We don't have investors to please or shareholders to pay, which allows us to keep everything free forever.
We hope you enjoy this free PDF tool and consider supporting our mission if you find it useful!
No. CedarPDF is truly free, with no limit on the number of files or file size. Other online tools limit these metrics because they want users to upgrade to paid subscriptions.
CedarPDF, however, has no paid user option. In fact, we don't have registered users at all, and no one needs to register. The only limit is your device's own processing power and memory.
Yes! CedarPDF is designed with a lightweight, responsive architecture that works on all types of devices. Whether you are on a PC, Laptop, Tablet, or Mobile phone (iOS or Android), our interface adapts to your screen size.
Since everything runs in your browser, you don't need to install any apps. Just open the website and start working.
Absolutely. Since CedarPDF processes everything locally on your device, there is no data transmission over the internet and no storage on remote servers. This means:
No server to hack: We don't have servers storing your files, so there's nothing for hackers to breach.
No data in transit: Your files never travel across networks where they could be intercepted.
No third-party access: No employees, contractors, or partners ever have access to your documents.
Your data stays on your device, under your control, at all times. This is the highest level of security possible for online tools.