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Annotate a PDF or image in Preview on iPhone

You can copy, highlight, underline, or strike through text in a PDF file. You can also annotate a PDF or image with stickers, signatures, shapes, or text.

A service agreement PDF in the Preview app with text highlighted and struck through. Highlight, Underline, and Strike Through buttons are shown below the text.

Select and copy text

  1. Go to the Preview app on your iPhone.

  2. Open a PDF.

  3. To select text, touch and hold the first word, then move the grab points.

  4. To copy the selection, tap Copy.

    You can then paste the text into another document or app. See Select, cut, copy, and paste text.

Highlight, underline, or strike through text

  1. Go to the Preview app on your iPhone.

  2. Open a PDF.

  3. Select and copy text, then tap Highlight.

  4. Choose a highlight color, or tap the underline or strike through button.

Add an annotation

An image open in the Preview app. A menu shows options that can be added to it, such as stickers and text. The Markup, Info, Share, and More buttons appear at the top of the screen, and annotation tools appear at the bottom of the screen.

  1. Go to the Preview app on your iPhone.

  2. Open a PDF.

  3. Tap the Markup button at the top of the screen, tap the Add button at the bottom of the screen, then choose an option, such as a sticker, signature, shape, or text. For images, you can also add an image description or a loupe.

To undo a change, tap the More button, then tap Undo.

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