Remove Annotations from PDF
Graded papers, contracts full of colleague markup — clear highlights, underlines, text boxes and ink drawings in one click and get the clean original back. Runs locally in your browser.
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Files are processed locally in your browser — never uploaded to any server
Full-release pricing preview: $6.9/mo or $49/yr · 30-day email notice before billing starts · nothing is charged during the beta
How it works (3 steps)
Upload the PDF
Any annotated PDF works — papers, contracts, theses.
Automatic removal
Highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, text boxes, notes, ink drawings and stamps are removed page by page.
Download the clean file
The result shows how many annotations were removed; form fields and links are untouched.
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FAQ
Standard PDF annotation objects: highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, squiggles, text boxes, sticky notes, ink, shapes, stamps. Form fields and hyperlinks are preserved.
Try it ↑No. If markup was flattened into the page content (not annotation objects) it cannot be separated automatically — the tool will report that no annotations were found.
Try it ↑No. Only annotation objects are deleted; the page content is not re-rendered.
Try it ↑No. Removal runs entirely in your browser.
Try it ↑No. Any change to a signed PDF (merging, compressing, watermarking…) invalidates the existing digital signature — that is the tamper-proof design of PDF signatures, not a limit of this site. Process first, then sign.
Try it ↑Yes — and you can verify it: the tool runs on open-source in-browser engines (pdf-lib, pdf.js, Tesseract OCR…) on your own device. Open DevTools → Network while processing and you will see no file upload requests.
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