Remove Annotations
Remove every annotation from a PDF: comments, highlights, notes, stamps, drawings, links and form boxes.
About This Tool
Remove Annotations takes every annotation off the pages of a PDF: comments, highlights, sticky notes, stamps, drawings, links and form boxes. What is left is the document without its markup.
It removes all of them at once; there is no choice of kinds. Use it to make a clean final copy of a reviewed document, or to be sure that no comment travels with a file you send.
The annotations are taken out of the file itself, not just hidden. Everything happens in your browser.
How to Use
Upload Your PDF
Drag and drop your PDF file or click to select the document.
Select Annotation Types
Choose which types of annotations to remove: comments, highlights, links, etc.
Remove and Download
Click Remove to strip annotations and download the clean PDF.
Use Cases
Finalize Documents
Remove review comments and markup before publishing final documents.
Privacy Protection
Remove comments that may contain sensitive information before sharing.
Clean Distribution
Create clean copies of annotated documents for distribution.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of annotations can be removed?
All of them: comments, highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, sticky notes, stamps, drawings, links and form boxes.
Can I keep some annotations?
No. The tool removes every annotation in the document. To take out only the links that lead elsewhere, use Sanitize PDF.
Is this reversible?
No, annotation removal is permanent. Keep a backup of the original if needed.