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Every page on PDF Vault, in one place. All 46 tool and information pages plus 10 guides.

Edit and organise

PDF Editor & Annotation Suite — Open, annotate, sign and redact PDF documents entirely in your browser. No uploads, no cloud — your files stay on your device.
Merge PDF Files — Combine multiple PDFs into one document locally in your browser. Fast, free and 100% private — files never leave your computer.
Split PDF — Extract pages or split a PDF into separate files, processed entirely on your device with zero uploads.
Organize PDF Pages — Rearrange, rotate and delete PDF pages with a visual editor, fully offline in your browser.
Compress PDF — Shrink PDF file size locally in your browser sandbox. Private, offline PDF compression with no server uploads.
Watermark PDF — Add text or stamp watermarks to PDF pages locally in your browser. Private, offline watermarking.
Rotate PDF — Rotate one page or a whole PDF 90, 180 or 270 degrees, entirely in your browser. No upload — pick pages visually and download instantly.
Add Page Numbers — Stamp page numbers onto a PDF — any format, position or start number — processed locally with nothing uploaded.
Crop PDF — Trim margins from PDF pages by hand or with auto-detection, all in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to crop a PDF here.

Convert

PDF to Word — Convert PDF documents to editable Word files locally. No uploads, no watermarks, full privacy.
Word to PDF — Convert DOCX documents into PDFs entirely in your browser with a client-side layout engine.
PDF to Image — Export PDF pages as high-resolution JPG or PNG images, rendered locally in your browser.
Image to PDF — Convert JPG, PNG and scanned images into PDFs entirely client-side. No cloud processing, complete privacy.
Webpage to PDF — Turn web page content you copy, or a saved .html page, into a clean, readable PDF in your browser. Nothing is uploaded; works with any language.
Image Resizer — Resize and compress JPG, PNG and WebP images privately in your browser. Set exact dimensions or keep the aspect ratio. No uploads required.

Secure and sign

Sign PDF — Draw, type or upload your signature and sign PDFs offline. Signatures are stored only on your device.
Protect PDF — Encrypt and lock PDFs with a password using client-side cryptography. Keys never leave your device.
Unlock PDF — Remove password protection from PDFs you own, processed locally with no uploads.
Sanitize PDF — Strip metadata, author info and hidden data from PDFs before sharing. Processed 100% locally.
Bates Stamping — Apply Bates numbering to legal documents entirely client-side. Perfect for law firms handling confidential records.
OCR Text Recognition — Run optical character recognition on scanned PDFs completely client-side. Sensitive documents never leave your machine.

For your team & specialized workflows

PDF Tools for Law Firms — Bates numbering, metadata sanitising and true redaction for legal documents, done entirely on your device. Privileged material never leaves it.
PDF Tools for Healthcare — Merge, redact, OCR and convert medical records entirely in your browser. No PHI is ever transmitted to a third party, because there is no upload.
PDF Tools for Finance and Accounting — Process tax documents, bank statements and client financials locally in your browser. No uploads, no retention window, no third-party processor.
PDF Tools for Enterprise and IT — A PDF suite with no outbound file transfers, so there is nothing for your DLP policy to flag. Runs entirely in the browser with zero installation.
Private Medical Record & PDF Merger — Combine medical charts, clinical notes, and patient records entirely client-side. Zero PHI transmission to third-party cloud servers.
Offline Redaction for Patient Records & PHI — Permanently redact PHI, names, medical IDs, and diagnoses with local page flattening. Covered data is deleted, not covered by black rectangles.
Split Bank Statements Offline & Privately — Split annual bank statements and multi-month transaction records into separate monthly files locally. Account numbers stay strictly on your device.
Private PDF Merger for Tax Returns & Schedules — Combine W-2s, 1099s, schedules, and receipts into one filing PDF locally. Keep SSNs, EINs, and income data completely offline.
Privilege Log & Legal Metadata Scrubber — Strip author names, editing history, creation timestamps, and hidden metadata before filing discovery exhibits. 100% client-side sanitization.
Court-Compliant Offline PDF Redaction — Satisfy federal and state court e-filing rules for redaction. Pixels are permanently rasterized and text layers removed client-side.
Air-Gapped & Offline PDF Processing Suite — Run merge, split, sign, OCR, and redact on air-gapped computers, secure networks, and SCIF environments without internet access.
Offline OCR for Confidential & Sensitive Documents — Extract searchable text from confidential scanned contracts and trade secrets using client-side Tesseract.js. No cloud OCR API endpoints.
The Zero-Upload Privacy Alternative to iLovePDF — Need the ease of iLovePDF without uploading sensitive corporate files? PDF Vault runs all PDF tools locally in your browser memory.
Smallpdf Alternative with Zero Cloud Uploads — The private alternative to Smallpdf for corporate environments with strict DLP policies. No server uploads, no outbound file transfers.
Private In-Browser Alternative to Adobe Acrobat — A fast, lightweight, and private browser alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro. Bates numbering, true redaction, and signing without subscription bloat.

Company

About PDF Vault — PDF Vault is an independent, privacy-first PDF suite that processes every document in your browser. Who builds it, why it exists, and how to get in touch.
PDF Vault Pro Pricing and Plans — Start free with 3 daily operations. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited offline PDF processing — $10/mo billed annually.
Frequently Asked Questions — Answers to the most common questions about PDF Vault: how offline processing works, merging, splitting, signing, OCR, Pro pricing, and privacy.
Support — Get help with PDF Vault's offline PDF tools. Guides, FAQs and troubleshooting.
Blog — Guides on document privacy, offline PDF workflows and getting the most out of PDF Vault.
Verify It Yourself — Don't take our word for it. Watch the Network tab, read the Content-Security-Policy that blocks any upload endpoint, and try it in airplane mode.
Privacy Policy — How PDF Vault protects your documents: files never leave your device, no ads, no cross-site tracking. What little the website itself logs, explained plainly.
Terms of Service — The terms for using PDF Vault Free and Pro: what the service does, billing and cancellation, acceptable use, and the limits of our liability.

Guides

PDF Vault vs Sejda: An Honest Comparison — Sejda covers a lot of the same prosumer ground PDF Vault does — page numbering, redaction, form tools — but its free web tier is capped at 200 pages and three tasks an hour. Here is what that tradeoff actually looks like.
How to Remove Metadata From a PDF Before You Share It — The Properties panel shows a handful of fields. Most of what a PDF actually carries — the real author, editing timestamps, hidden comments, sometimes whole earlier revisions — is invisible unless you go looking for it.
Redacting a PDF: Why a Black Box Isn't Enough, and How to Check — Drawing a box over text only hides it visually — the text is still sitting in the file, selectable and searchable. Here is how to check any 'redacted' PDF in thirty seconds, and what real redaction actually requires.
An iLovePDF Alternative That Doesn't Upload Your Files — iLovePDF processes your documents on its servers. If that is the part you want to avoid, here is what a no-upload alternative looks like, what you gain, and what you give up.
PDF Vault vs Smallpdf: An Honest Comparison — A fair comparison of two different approaches to PDF tooling — where Smallpdf is genuinely the better choice, where local processing wins, and how to decide which fits your work.
A Complete Guide to Bates Numbering for Legal Discovery — What Bates numbering is, how to choose a prefix and padding scheme, the mistakes that cause production disputes, and how to stamp confidential documents without uploading them anywhere.
How to Edit a PDF on Mac for Free, Without Uploading a Single File — A step-by-step guide to editing, merging, signing and OCR-ing PDFs on macOS for free — entirely offline in your browser, covering everything Preview cannot do.
Offline vs Online PDF Editors: A Privacy and Security Comparison — Cloud PDF editors upload your files to remote servers with a retention window. Offline editors process everything in your browser. Here is the honest comparison, including where cloud tools genuinely win.
What Actually Happens When You Upload a PDF to a Free Converter — Free online PDF tools have to receive your file to process it. Here is what that means in practice — retention windows, access, and the specific document types where it matters.
How to OCR a Scanned Document Without Sending It to the Cloud — OCR is usually a server job, which is a problem when the scans that most need it are medical records and legal exhibits. Here is how browser-based recognition works and where its limits are.

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