A flexible, powerful and wizard-driven application for the batch creation, manipulation and modification of PDF files - ideal for working with large PDFs or a number of PDFs simultaneously.
PDF-Tools is a dynamic and user-friendly solution for the creation and manipulation of PDF and image files. It features eighty-eight default tools, as well as the option to clone, edit and create fully-customizable tools, which makes it the ideal software to complement your existing PDF facilities. Two additional PDF-XChange applications are included with this product: PDF-XChange Editor – one of the fastest and most feature-rich applications used worldwide to create, view, edit and annotate PDF files. PDF-XChange Lite – our award-winning technology that installs as a virtual printer, and can be used to print-to-PDF from Windows applications. It features an optimized hybrid engine that significantly increases the quality of conversion for images and image-based text characters, and prints to both GDI and XPS.
What's new in 11.1.0.0
New features 1. Added an option to control the behavior of the on-screen keyboard on touch devices (Preferences > General > Show the Touch Keyboard). 2. Added an option to the 'Export Form Data' action that adds a filename column to the output CSV file. Bug fixes and other updates/enhancements: 1. Fixed an issue where the Sign Document action showed a stub document preview instead of the document being processed during a tool run. 2. Fixed an issue that allowed Application Variables with duplicate names to be created. (49857) 3. Fixed the behavior of methods in the 'Apply Metadata Template' functionality of the 'Change Document Properties' action. (49782)
Fixed an issue that caused actions to ignore file extensions during processing.
Fixed an issue in the Split/Merge Documents action where invalid characters in generated document names could cause output documents to be saved with incorrect names.
10.8.6.411Jan 15, 2026
10.8.4.409May 5, 2025
Frequently asked questions
Is PDF-Tools free?
PDF-Tools is proprietary software from PDF-XChange Co Ltd.. Check the publisher's license terms for pricing and usage rights.
What is the latest version of PDF-Tools?
The latest version is 11.1.0.0, released on Sep 29, 2026.
Is it safe to download PDF-Tools?
The download button links to the official installer published on downloads.pdf-xchange.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with bc9cca3d0b914c76f2f9e9b7f104ec8c75b60a0e6712c3a74c5ae9527fe724c9.
Which Windows versions does PDF-Tools support?
PDF-Tools runs on Windows and is available for 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
How do I install PDF-Tools silently?
Run the offline installer with msiexec /i "ToolsV11.x64.msi" /quiet /norestart, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=TrackerSoftware.PDF-Tools -e --silent.
How do I uninstall PDF-Tools?
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find PDF-Tools and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=TrackerSoftware.PDF-Tools -e.
What file types can PDF-Tools open?
PDF-Tools supports 11 file types, including .fdf, .pdf, .pdtex, .pdts, .xces, .xcesession, .xcesessionbk, .xclpack and more.
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