Sign a document you receive
Open your signing link, create your signature, fill the fields, agree, and sign, or decline with a reason.
When someone sends you a document to sign, you get an email with a personal link, and colleagues also see it in Sign under Waiting for you. You do not need an account to sign from a link.
Open the document
- Open the link from the email. Colleagues can choose Review and sign in Sign.
- If the sender asked for it, you first see Confirm it's you. Choose Email me a code, enter the 6-digit code and continue. The code expires, and after five wrong tries you must ask for a new one (Send a new code).
- The document opens with the sender's message (if any) beside it. The header shows who it is from.
If it is not your turn yet, because someone earlier in the signing order still has to sign, you will see that and be told when it is your turn.
Fill in the fields
Click each highlighted field on the document. The panel counts how many required fields are left, and Go to the next field scrolls to the next one.
- Signature and Initials open a dialog titled Your signature or Your initials. Choose how to make it: type your name and pick a style (Script, Handwriting or Serif), draw it, or upload an image (PNG, JPEG, GIF or WebP, up to 5 MB). Choose Use this. Use Clear to start over.
- Date signed fills in by itself.
- Text fields take what you type. Checkbox fields are ticked by clicking.
After you create your signature once, it is reused for your other signature fields.
Sign
- Tick the box that starts I agree to sign this document electronically. It says your electronic signature is as valid as a handwritten one and that your IP address, browser and the time are recorded with it.
- Choose Sign.
You see Thank you, you've signed. When everyone has signed, you are emailed a link to download the signed copy. The link works for 30 days.
Decline instead
Choose Decline to sign, optionally write a Reason (optional, shared with the sender), and confirm. The sender is told, and the request closes for everyone.
Good to know
- Do not share your link. Anyone who has it can sign as you.
- A request that has been cancelled, has expired, or was declined by someone shows a message instead of the document.
- If a document cannot be loaded, reload the page.
Common problems
- "It isn't your turn yet." Wait for the earlier signers. You will be notified.
- "Too many wrong codes." Ask for a new code.
- "This request has expired." Ask the sender for a new one.