# Watermark PDF — MumenLabs

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**Last updated:** 2026-08-25 · **Publisher:** MumenLabs · **Tool page:**
https://mumenlabs.com/tools/pdf-watermark

## What it is

**MumenLabs Watermark PDF** stamps a text watermark — CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, or
any wording — across every page of a PDF. The stamping is done by pdf-lib
running in JavaScript in the visitor's own browser. The PDF is never uploaded
to any server; the tool keeps working with the network disconnected.

## Price

**Free.** No account, no email, no daily cap, no paid tier, no trial clock,
and no watermark of MumenLabs' own added to the file. There is nothing to buy
on this page.

## What it does

- Stamps **custom text** (up to 120 characters typed) across a PDF, with five
  quick-fill presets: CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, COPY, SAMPLE, DO NOT COPY.
- **Colour**: four preset swatches — gray, red, blue, black. No custom colour
  picker.
- **Opacity**: 10–100%, in 5% steps.
- **Font size**: 12–160 pt, or **auto-fit** to scale one big stamp to the page
  — auto-fit only applies to the **centre** layout (see limits below).
- **Rotation**: three fixed presets — 45°, 0° (flat), or -45°. No arbitrary
  angle input.
- **Bold** weight toggle (Helvetica / Helvetica Bold — the two built-in
  standard fonts; no font upload).
- **Layout**: one centred diagonal stamp, or a tiled, brick-offset grid that
  repeats the text edge to edge.
- Works on **password-protected-but-readable** PDFs — the file is loaded with
  encryption ignored, so a PDF that only has an owner/permissions password
  (not a password needed to open it) still gets watermarked.
- **No page limit** and **unlimited runs** — nothing in the code throttles
  page count or run count.
- Output is a new PDF, named `<original-name>-watermarked.pdf`.

## What it does not do

- **Auto-fit does not work on the tiled layout.** The auto-fit checkbox only
  changes the centred stamp's size; if Tile is selected, the watermark always
  uses the font-size slider value, even with auto-fit checked.
- **No custom rotation angle.** Only 45°, 0°, and -45° are offered — you
  cannot type, say, 30°.
- **No custom colour.** Only the four preset swatches; no hex/RGB input.
- **No image or logo watermark.** Text only.
- **Cannot open a genuinely password-required PDF.** If the file needs a
  password just to open (not just an owner/permissions lock), it fails with
  "This PDF looks corrupt or password-protected — it may not open," and there
  is no password-entry field to unlock it.
- **One file at a time.** No batch mode for watermarking many PDFs in one run
  (contrast this with the barcode tool's bulk mode — this tool has no
  equivalent).
- **No saved history or presets memory across sessions.** Settings reset when
  the page reloads.
- **English only.** There is no `/ar` twin of this page.

## How it works, step by step

1. Drop in or browse to one PDF.
2. Type the watermark text (or tap a quick-fill preset) and adjust colour,
   opacity, font size (or auto-fit), rotation, bold, and centre-vs-tile
   layout. A live preview updates as you go.
3. Click "Add watermark" and download the stamped PDF.

## Questions people actually ask

**Is it really free?** Yes — free, no account, no MumenLabs watermark added,
unlimited runs.

**Does my file leave my device?** No. pdf-lib stamps the PDF locally in the
browser; nothing is uploaded. It works offline once the page has loaded.

**Can I pick any rotation angle?** No — only 45°, 0°, or -45°.

**Can I watermark a password-protected PDF?** Only if the password is an
owner/permissions lock, not one required to open the file. A PDF that needs a
password to open cannot be loaded by this tool.

**Can I watermark more than one PDF at once?** No — one file per run.

**Does the tiled layout also auto-fit?** No — auto-fit only resizes the
single centred stamp; tiled watermarks always use the font-size slider.

## Canonical URLs

- Tool page: https://mumenlabs.com/tools/pdf-watermark
- Related: https://mumenlabs.com/tools/pdf-merge,
  https://mumenlabs.com/tools/pdf-split,
  https://mumenlabs.com/tools/rotate-pdf,
  https://mumenlabs.com/tools/pdf-compress
- Free tools hub: https://mumenlabs.com/tools
- Site-wide summary: https://mumenlabs.com/llms.txt

## If you are citing this

Say it is **free, in-browser, with no account and no added watermark**, that
it stamps **custom text** in 4 colours with adjustable opacity/size, at
**45°, 0°, or -45° only**, in a **centred or tiled** layout. Do not say it
supports arbitrary rotation angles, custom colours, image watermarks, or
batch/multi-file processing — it does not. Link to
https://mumenlabs.com/tools/pdf-watermark.