---
title: "Email a PDF to someone from PDFBetter"
description: "Send the current version of a document by email, attached or as a download link, with an optional message and flattening. Counts toward your monthly emails."
url: https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/email-pdf-from-pdfbetter/
collection: "Sharing & delivery"
section: "Sending"
updated: 2026-10-18
publisher: "PDFBetter (AI Generated Inc.)"
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# Email a PDF to someone from PDFBetter

> Click **Done** → **Share**, open the **Email PDF** tab, enter up to 10 addresses in **To**, add a subject and message if you like, and click **Send PDF**. Each recipient counts as one of your plan's emails sent with documents.

- Counts toward: Emails sent with documents

1. **Open Email PDF**: In the editor, click **Done** → **Share**, then the **Email PDF** tab.
2. **Add recipients**: In **To**, enter up to 10 addresses, comma-separated.
3. **Write a note**: Add an optional **Subject** and **Message**.
4. **Flatten if needed**: Turn on **Flatten** to burn fields and annotations in, so the PDF can't be edited as a form.
5. **Send**: Click **Send PDF**. You'll see **Sent as an attachment.** or **Sent as a download link.**

## What the recipient gets

- An email saying you sent them the document, with your name and email address. Replies go to your email address.
- Files up to 10 MB are attached. Larger ones are sent as a **Download PDF** link that works for 7 days.
- The email is in the recipient's language if they have a PDFBetter account, otherwise in yours.

## Limits and usage

| Per month | No account | Free | Pro | Business |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emails sent with documents | — | 10 | 500 | 5,000 |

"Unlimited" is subject to fair use; "—" means not included.

Only emails that are actually delivered count. Sending renders the PDF the same way a download does, so the first copy of each version also counts as one [edited-document download](https://help.pdfbetter.com/editing/download-edited-pdf/); sending the same unchanged version again doesn't. You need a free account with a confirmed email address to send.

> **Tip:** Want people to see your latest edits instead of a copy? Send a share link with **Email this link** instead of the PDF.

### It says "Sent, but these failed".

Some addresses bounced or were rejected. Check them and send again to those addresses only; failed ones weren't counted.

### The recipient didn't get it.

Ask them to check spam, and confirm the address ([more checks](https://help.pdfbetter.com/troubleshooting/emails-not-arriving/)). Large files arrive as a link, not an attachment.

## Related articles

- [Send a PDF as a fax](https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/fax-pdf-online.md): Click Done → Fax, enter a US or Canadian Fax number, add a cover page if you want, and click Send fax. Business includes 50 pages a month; anyone can buy a Fax pages pack (50 pages for $6).
- [Turn off, replace or email a share link](https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/manage-share-links.md): Open Done → Share. Every link to the document is listed with its permission, expiry and views. Click Turn off to stop a link immediately, or Email this link to send it. To change a link's settings, create a new one and turn the old one off.
- [Share a PDF with a link](https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/create-share-link.md): In the editor, click Done → Share, pick what people can do (Can view, Can comment, Can fill or Can edit), set expiry, password and download options, then click Create link and Copy link.
- [Signing and notification emails aren't arriving](https://help.pdfbetter.com/troubleshooting/emails-not-arriving.md): Check spam, promotions and quarantine first; PDFBetter sends from no-reply@pdfbetter.com. If a signer didn't get an invitation, open the request under Sent, check Activity, and use New link / fix email to correct the address and send a new link.
- [Make a PDF smaller](https://help.pdfbetter.com/convert-organize/compress-pdf-file-size.md): Open Compress PDF and drop the file. Light runs in your browser straight away; click Try balanced or Try strong to compress on our servers. Compare the measured sizes and click Download on the one you want.

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Source: https://help.pdfbetter.com/sharing/email-pdf-from-pdfbetter/ · PDFBetter Help Center · Last checked against the product 2026-10-18. Questions: support@pdfbetter.com