How to change a date or number in a PDF
By the Fusion Office team · Updated
Quick answer
Open the PDF in the PDF editor, choose Edit text, click the line with the date or number and type the new value. It's written in the same font, size and colour, and the old value is deleted from the file rather than covered. Use it for your own documents: quotes, invoices, letters, résumés, schedules.
Change it step by step
- 1Open the PDF editor and choose the PDF.
- 2Pick Edit text. Lines of text get dashed outlines.
- 3Click the line with the date or number, select the old value and type the new one.
- 4Press Esc and check the line still lines up with its neighbours.
- 5Download the PDF.
Numbers usually use digits the document already contains, so they match perfectly. If the PDF is a scan, there's no text to edit; you can type over it with Add text instead.
Dates in forms and tables
- If the date is in a fillable form field, use PDF Forms instead: it lists every field to change.
- Values in a table are often separate pieces of text; click each cell's text separately.
- When you change an amount, check totals and amounts in words elsewhere in the document.
To double-check nothing else changed, compare the old and new files with Compare PDF.
Only change your own documents
Changing dates, amounts or names on certificates, bank statements, bills, ID or any official document issued to you is forgery, and a criminal offence. Ask the issuer for a corrected copy instead.
Frequently asked questions
Will the new date look different from the rest?
No. It's written with the document's own font at the same size and colour, so it blends in.
Can I change a date in a scanned PDF?
Scans are images, so the original can't be edited as text. For your own documents, cover it with the editor's Whiteout tool and type the new date on top.