How to Remove Annotations from PDF – Step by Step

Shared a PDF with comments, highlights, or markup? The Remove Annotations tool removes all annotations in one click — giving you a clean copy without any of the markup.

Step-by-Step Guide

Open the Remove Annotations page.

Upload your PDF that contains annotations.

Click Remove All Annotations and every highlight, comment, sticky note, and drawing is cleared.

Download your clean, annotation-free PDF.

Tips for Best Results

• This removes all annotations — it can't target specific ones. Use Split if you need a mixed approach.
• Annotations are different from form fields — use Flatten for forms.
• Once removed, annotations cannot be recovered — keep the original if you might need the comments.