Remove PDF annotations

Strip comments, highlights, links, stamps, and form widgets from a PDF before you share it.

The file stays in this browser. Comments, highlights, links, stamps and form widgets are deleted from the page dictionaries — page content is untouched.

Signed and encrypted PDFs are rejected (removing annotations would invalidate a signature). Up to 25 MiB and 200 pages. Removing annotations also removes form widgets — use the flatten tool if you want values kept.

How to use

  1. Choose an annotated PDF.
  2. Run the removal.
  3. Download the cleaned PDF.

What it supports

Deletes every page's /Annots array and the document's AcroForm dictionary. Up to 25 MiB and 200 pages; signed and encrypted PDFs are rejected because removal would invalidate the signature. Page content is untouched.

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