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Remove watermark from your PDF.

We find scanner logos, “Draft”, “Confidential” and other marks, show you each one, and remove only what you tick.

  • You choose what goesEvery find is shown with a preview first.
  • Really removedNot covered up: it's taken out of the file.
  • Stays on your deviceThe file is opened and saved in your browser. It isn't uploaded.

How it works

  1. Add your PDF

    It's scanned for watermarks straight away.

  2. Tick what to remove

    Logos, stamps, tilted text, layers.

  3. Download

    A clean copy, the rest untouched.

How to remove a watermark from a PDF

This tool is for your own documents, or files you have the right to edit. It finds watermarks and lets you choose which ones to take out.

When it is done you see how many pages were cleaned and how many items were removed.

The things the tool is most sure about come ticked already. Others may be left unticked for you to decide. Read each line before you press the button. Only what is ticked is touched, and the rest of the page stays exactly as it was.

What this PDF watermark remover can find

In most PDFs a watermark is a separate layer drawn on top of the page. That is why it can be taken out cleanly instead of being covered with a white box. The scan looks for:

Remove the CamScanner watermark or a Draft stamp

Phone scanner apps often add their logo and a line of text at the bottom of each page. If you scanned your own certificates or notes that way, the logo can look unprofessional on a job or admission form. Add the PDF here and the logo usually shows up as one item to tick.

For a Draft or Confidential stamp on a report you wrote, untick the other items and remove only that stamp. Your final version is then ready to send.

Other common cases are a trial stamp from a PDF program you no longer use, or a Sample mark on a template you have since filled in yourself. In each case, open the clean copy and look through it once before you upload or print it.

When a watermark can't be removed

If the mark was already in the paper or the photo when the page was scanned, it is part of the picture. Then there is no separate watermark to take out, and the tool tells you so instead of smudging the page.

Please respect other people's work. Do not use this tool to remove a logo, a copyright mark or a security stamp from a document that belongs to someone else, or to pass off a sample as the real thing.

Your file is not uploaded

The scan and the clean-up both happen in your browser. The PDF does not leave your device, so private scans stay private. Your original file is not changed; you download a separate clean copy and keep both.

Questions people ask

How do I remove the CamScanner watermark?

Add the PDF to Remove watermark; it finds the CamScanner logo and similar marks and takes them out. Use it only on your own documents.

Can it remove a Draft stamp?

Yes, text watermarks like Draft or Confidential can be removed too.

Will removing the watermark leave a white patch?

No. The watermark is taken out of the file rather than covered, so the page underneath shows through as normal.

Why does it say no separate watermark was found?

The mark is probably part of a scanned picture. Then it is pixels in that picture and can't be separated from the page.

Can I choose which watermarks to remove?

Yes. Every find is listed with a preview, and only the ones you tick are removed.

Is it legal to remove a watermark from a PDF?

Removing one from your own documents is fine. Removing someone else's logo or copyright mark from their work is not, so use it only on files you own or may edit.