Once you have completed all Signature fields, click Mark Complete.

To begin signing, click Sign which will open the document into a PDF viewer.

Open the email notification and click the embedded link to open the document.

You will receive an email for any documents that have requested your signature. Important: For now, this feature only supports requests to Google accounts and only allows a signature field to be added for the recipient. Important: After you click “Send,” the document will lock to avoid any changes before the signee is able to sign.

Important:: For now, this feature only supports requests to Google accounts and only allows a signature field to be added for the recipient.

Enter the email address for the individual whom you would like to sign the document.

Once you have added all of the appropriate fields, click Request signature in the right side panel.

Select Signature to add this field to your doc.

In the right side pane, click Add a field to request.

Go to and either create a new document or open an existing one that you’d like to use. Enrollment requests may take up to two weeks to process. Important: Since this is a limited beta, not all requests will be approved at this time.

If you are, please complete this form using the email that you used to register for your Workspace Individual subscription. If you're not a Google Workspace Individual subscriber, you can sign up at /individual. Participation requires an active Google Workspace Individual subscription which you can use to request enrollment to the beta via a Google Form. The eSignature feature for Google Docs is currently in beta.

Note, use of this feature is subject to the following terms and conditions. To get started, follow the instructions below.

You can sign documents or request a signature in Google Docs.

How to do the electronic signature