Add Page Numbers to PDF

Insert page numbers into your PDF with your choice of position, starting number, and format.

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Free Online Tool to Add Page Numbers to a PDF

Documents that started life without page numbers - exported reports, scanned booklets, combined PDFs - are much easier to navigate and reference once numbered. LovePDFImg's Page Numbers tool adds a number to every page of your PDF, with control over where it appears, what format it uses, and which number it starts from.

Numbers are drawn directly onto each page using your browser's JavaScript engine, so the original content stays exactly as it was, just with a number layered in the position you choose. As with all core tools here, everything happens locally - your file is never uploaded to a server.

How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF

1Upload your PDFDrag and drop your file or click to browse and select it from your device.
2Choose a positionPick where on the page the number should appear, such as bottom center.
3Pick a format and starting numberChoose a simple number, "Page N", or "N of Total", and set where numbering should start.
4Click "Add Page Numbers" and downloadNumbers are added to every page, and your new PDF is ready instantly.

What the page numbers look like

Numbers are written in Helvetica in a dark grey, at the size you choose between 8 and 24. They sit 24 points in from the left or right edge. Numbers at the top start 24 points below the top edge, and numbers at the bottom sit 12 points above the bottom edge, which keeps them inside most printer margins.

The number is drawn on top of the existing page, so it will overlap anything already printed in that spot. If your PDF already has a footer or a header, try a different corner, such as top right instead of bottom center. The tool cannot remove numbers once they are added, so keep your original file until you are happy with the result.

Starting from a different number

Set "Start at" when your PDF continues from another document. If a chapter begins on page 25, enter 25 and the first page of this file is numbered 25, the next 26, and so on.

One detail to know about the "1 of N" format: N is the number of the last page, not the page count. A 10-page file starting at 5 reads "5 of 14", "6 of 14" and so on up to "14 of 14". That keeps the total consistent with the numbers you can see.

Skipping a cover page

This tool numbers every page in the file, so it cannot leave a cover page blank on its own. The simple workaround takes a minute: use Split PDF to separate the cover, add numbers to the rest here, then put the two back together with Merge PDF with the cover first. Set "Start at" to 2 if you want the first inside page to count as page 2.

Before you number your PDF

Merge and reorder first. Numbers are fixed once added. If you merge or shuffle pages afterwards, the numbers move with their pages and will be out of order. Use Merge PDF, Reorder Pages and Delete Pages before this step.
Scanned PDFs work too. The number is added as text on top of the scanned image, so it does not matter whether the pages are typed or scanned.
Check one page before you send it. Open the result and look at a page with a lot of content near the edge, such as a table or a full-width photo.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. You can place page numbers in the bottom center, bottom left, bottom right, top center, top left, or top right of each page.

Yes. You can set a custom starting number, which is useful if this document continues from another file.

Yes. You can choose a format such as "Page 1" or "1 of 10", with the total page count calculated automatically.

Yes, by default every page receives a number using your chosen format, position, and starting number.

No. Page numbers are added entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your file is never uploaded anywhere.

Not directly, because every page is numbered. Split the cover off with Split PDF, number the remaining pages here, and merge them back together with the cover first.

N is the number of the last page. If you start at 5 and the file has 10 pages, the label reads "5 of 14", because 14 is the final page number in that sequence.