# Annotate Images Online, Free

Add arrows, text, numbered steps, a ruler, shapes, drawing and a magnifier to a photo, then save it. The notes are still editable when you open it again.

We never upload your photos. Everything stays in your browser.

## Three Steps, All in Your Browser

1. Add Your Photos: Choose them, drop them on the page or paste one. They join your library here, and the first one opens.
2. Mark It Up: Tap Annotate, pick a tool and drag on the photo: Arrow, Text, Number, Ruler, Shape, Draw or Magnifier. Tap what you drew to move it or change its color and style.
3. Save: Save downloads the edited photo and keeps its edits here, so it reopens with them, still editable.

## Questions

### What can I add to a photo?

Arrows, labels with a title and details under it, numbered steps, a ruler with its measure, rectangles, ellipses and lines, freehand drawing, and a magnifier that enlarges a spot. A photo takes up to 200 of them.

### Can I change the notes after saving?

Yes. Save keeps them with the photo, so when you open it again here each arrow and label can still be moved, changed or deleted.

### Are my photos uploaded?

No. The editor runs in your browser. Your photos and their edits are kept in this browser's own storage (IndexedDB), on your device, and never sent to a server.

### Are my edits kept?

When you press Save. Save downloads the photo and keeps its edits here, next to the original, which never changes. The photo then reopens with them, still editable, after a reload, another day or in another of these tools. Closing the editor without saving drops the edits you made, and Back to Original drops the kept ones. Your photos stay until you remove them or the browser clears this site's data. If the browser won't keep them (a private window, no space left), the tool says so and they last until you leave the page.

### Is it free?

Yes. There is no account and nothing to install, and the photo you save carries no mark of ours. The editor shows a small embededitor.com badge in the corner of its menu, never on your photo.

### Which photo formats does it open?

JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, AVIF, HEIC, HEIF and SVG. Save keeps a JPEG, PNG or WebP in its own format and saves the others as PNG. A photo over 16.7 megapixels is scaled down to that when it opens.

## More Free Tools

- [Blur Faces and Plates](https://embededitor.com/tools/blur-image): Hide faces, plates and text with a blur, pixels or a solid block.
- [Add a Watermark](https://embededitor.com/tools/watermark-image): Your name or brand over the photo, tiled or once in the middle.
- [Photo Editor](https://embededitor.com/tools/photo-editor): Every tool in one editor: crop, filters, light, blur, arrows, frames and size.

[All Free Tools](https://embededitor.com/tools)

## Put This Editor in Your App

These tools are Embed Editor, an image editor you embed in your own web app: React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte or plain HTML. Open it in the playground, pick the tools and the colors, and copy the code.

[Open in the Playground](https://embededitor.com/playground#c=eyJlZGl0aW9uIjoiRlVMTCIsInBob3RvIjoiY2FyLWRhbWFnZS1yZXBvcnQifQ)