Marking a PDF as DRAFT prevents recipients from treating a work-in-progress document as final. Here is how to add a professional DRAFT watermark to any PDF in seconds.
Visit the watermark tool in any browser — no account or installation needed.
Upload your PDF. Type DRAFT in the watermark text field. Set font size to 60–80pt. Set rotation to 45°. Set opacity to 30–40%. Choose a red or grey color.
Tip: Grey at 30% opacity is the most common DRAFT watermark style — visible enough to communicate the document status without obscuring content.
Click Apply to All Pages. Download the DRAFT-watermarked PDF.
The watermark is flattened into the page content. To remove it later, use the original un-watermarked file. Keep your originals.
Yes — completely free at pdfeditor.onl/watermark-pdf.