PDFSafeRemove PDF Annotations
Strip comments, highlights, and other annotations from a PDF, right in your browser.
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How to remove annotations from a PDF
Upload your PDF and every comment, highlight, sticky note, and other annotation is stripped from every page in one pass — no need to click through and delete them one at a time.
This is useful before sharing a reviewed document more broadly, once feedback has been read and addressed and the markup is no longer needed.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as an annotation?
Comments, highlights, sticky notes, stamps, drawn shapes, and links added by a PDF viewer or editor — anything layered on top of the page rather than part of the original page content.
Will this remove fillable form fields too?
Yes — form fields (text boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons) are technically implemented as a type of annotation, so removing all annotations removes their on-page widgets as well. If you only want to lock in a form's values rather than remove them, use Flatten PDF instead.
Does this affect the underlying page content?
No — only the annotation layer is removed. The original text, images, and layout of each page are untouched.
Can I remove annotations and metadata at the same time?
Yes — the Sanitize PDF tool combines annotation removal with metadata and script stripping in one pass.
Related tools
- Sanitize PDF — Strip hidden metadata, embedded scripts, and annotations from a PDF.
- Edit PDF — Add text, drawings, highlights, shapes, images, and signatures directly onto your PDF.
- Add Watermark — Overlay text or an image watermark onto every page.