RemixPDF

Edit links in a PDF, free — add or change one

Add a link over some words, or fix one that points somewhere out of date. Clicking an existing link shows you where it goes.

  • Add a link, or fix one that points to the wrong place.
  • Free
  • No signup
  • No watermark

Runs on your device

This tool is being built — the page below is a preview of what's coming.

What you have to hand while you work

Why it works

Existing links are editable, not just removable.

Click one and its address appears — change it, and the clickable area and the words underneath stay exactly as they are. Most tools can only delete a link and make you draw a new one.

The link and the visible text are separate things.

A PDF link is a clickable rectangle over the page; the blue underlined words are just words. So a link can point somewhere different from what it appears to say, and the tool shows you the real destination rather than the text.

It finds the links already in the document.

Rather than hunting for a small rectangle by hovering, every link is listed with its page and its destination, so a document with eleven of them is checkable.

A PDF link is not what most people picture. There is no anchor tag and no href attached to the words — the blue underlined text is simply blue underlined text, and separately there is an invisible rectangle sitting over that area which happens to carry an address. The two have no formal relationship, which explains most of the odd behaviour people run into.

It explains why a link can say “our website” and point at a page that no longer exists. It explains why deleting the words does not delete the link, and why a document can have a clickable area over blank space where something used to be. And it explains why most tools only offer to remove a link and draw a fresh one: editing the address of an existing rectangle is a slightly different operation from creating one, and it is the one people actually need when a company has changed its domain.

So both are here. Click an existing link and its real destination appears — the address, not the text — and changing it leaves the clickable area and the visible words untouched. Select some words and you can put a new link over them.

The other useful part is simply listing them. Finding links in a PDF by hovering is miserable, because the target is an invisible rectangle whose bounds you cannot see. A document with eleven links is effectively uncheckable that way, so every link appears in a list with its page and its destination, and a wrong address becomes something you can read rather than discover.

One deliberate limit. The tool will not tell you whether an address still resolves, because checking would mean sending part of your document somewhere to test it. That is a request we would have to make on your behalf without asking, and we would rather list the addresses and let you look.

Free, nothing uploaded, no signup, and your original file untouched.

How it goes

  1. Open the PDF.

    Every link already in it is found and listed.

  2. Click a link, or select some words.

    Clicking edits what is there; selecting adds a new one over the selection.

  3. Set where it goes.

    A web address, or another page in the same document.

  4. Download it.

    Links are real PDF links, so they work in any reader.

What you can check for yourself

Watch the network while you work — nothing leaves this device on the default path. Then go offline and keep working — it all still runs. The two-minute checks live at how your files are handled.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Click it, change the address, and the clickable area stays where it was.

Because in a PDF they are separate. The visible text is text, and the link is an invisible rectangle over it — so text reading "our website" can point anywhere. That is why the tool always shows the real destination.

Yes. Internal links to a page are supported as well as web addresses.

Yes. These are standard PDF link annotations, so any reader honours them.

It lists every link with its destination so you can read them, but it does not check whether an address still resolves — that would mean sending your document's contents somewhere to test, which we will not do quietly.

No. If the visible text also needs to change, that is the text editor, and the two are deliberately separate operations.

Ready? Drop your PDF above and it opens right here.