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How to Add a Watermark (or Logo) in Any App

Clear, up-to-date tutorials for adding text and logo watermarks in the tools you already use — plus the shortcut when you just want it done.

Image editors

Watermark photos and graphics with desktop or online image editors.

Image editors How to Add a Watermark in Photoshop Text and logo watermarks, opacity, tiled patterns and batch processing with Actions. Read guide → Image editors How to Add a Watermark in Photopea Use the free browser-based editor to add text or logo watermarks with adjustable opacity. Read guide → Image editors How to Add a Watermark in GIMP The free open-source editor can add text and logo watermarks with a few layer tricks. Read guide → Image editors How to Add a Watermark in Lightroom Create a reusable watermark preset and apply it automatically when you export photos. Read guide → Image editors How to Add a Watermark in Canva Add a logo or text over your designs and photos using Canva’s transparency slider. Read guide →

Office & documents

Add “DRAFT”, “CONFIDENTIAL” or your logo to documents and presentations.

Office & documents How to Add a Watermark in Word Use Word’s built-in DRAFT/CONFIDENTIAL watermarks, custom text or your logo. Read guide → Office & documents How to Add a Watermark in PowerPoint Use the Slide Master to place a transparent text or logo watermark on every slide. Read guide → Office & documents How to Add a Watermark in Google Slides Add a transparent logo or text to every slide through the theme builder. Read guide → Office & documents How to Add a Watermark in Google Docs Google Docs has a native Insert → Watermark option for text and images. Read guide → Office & documents How to Add a Watermark in Excel Use a header picture to show a DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or logo watermark behind your sheet. Read guide → Office & documents How to Remove a Watermark from Your Documents Remove watermarks you added in Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint, Excel or Acrobat. Read guide →

PDF apps

Stamp watermarks on existing PDF files.

PDF apps How to Add a Watermark in Adobe Acrobat Use Acrobat’s Watermark tool for text or image stamps on PDF pages. Read guide → PDF apps How to Add a Watermark on Mac with Preview Use Preview’s Markup tools to add text or a logo to images and PDFs on macOS. Read guide →

Mobile

Watermark pictures straight from your phone.

Mobile How to Watermark Photos on iPhone Two ways to watermark iPhone photos: Photos Markup, or batch in Safari without apps. Read guide →

Which method should you choose?

Every app handles watermarks differently. Office tools like Word and Google Docs have a built-in watermark feature for documents, while PowerPoint and Google Slides need a workaround through the slide master. Image editors such as Photoshop, GIMP and Photopea give you full control but require several manual steps per image, and only Lightroom Classic offers a real “apply on export” watermark for photo batches. Excel has no watermark feature at all and needs a header-picture trick.

Want your logo rather than a watermark? See how to add a logo in Canva, Photoshop, Word and PowerPoint, or use our add logo to image tool.

If your goal is simply to protect or brand finished files — photos, exported slides, PDFs — a dedicated tool is faster: our free tool to add a watermark to images and PDFs handles them in bulk, with text or logo, opacity, rotation, tiling and precise positioning, without installing anything.