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Remove PDF Annotations

Clean up a reviewed document before sharing it. See every comment, highlight, drawing, link and stamp in the PDF, and remove the ones you choose.

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One PDF up to 200 MB.

Your file stays on your device and is processed in your browser.

How to remove annotations from a PDF

  1. Select the PDF.
  2. Review the annotations found, grouped by type and page.
  3. Select what to remove, by category or one by one; form fields are only included if you allow it.
  4. Remove them and download the cleaned PDF.

Key features

  • Shows each annotation's type, page and a preview of its text.
  • Replies and pop-up notes are removed together with their annotation.
  • The rest of the page is checked to make sure nothing else changed.

Supported files and limits

  • Annotations that are drawn into the page content (flattened) can't be removed.
  • Protected PDFs are refused.

How your files are handled

Remove PDF Annotations runs in your browser: your file is read and processed on your device and the result is created there, so documents aren't uploaded to a server. The site only counts anonymous page views, without cookies. How it works · Privacy