Skip to content
Your files stay on your device

File processing runs in your browser. Documents are not uploaded to our servers. The site may download processing engines and send usage or feedback events without file contents.

How we handle your data
All PDF tools

Remove PDF Comments

Remove comments from a PDF: supported notes, replies and markup are cleared from every page of a new copy. Free, no upload. Not redaction.

The first page contains a text note and a highlight. Remove the chosen comment types, then check that the page text remains.

Your documents stay on this device. Tool downloads and usage statistics do not include file contents.

Local limits: Max single file: 60 MB

Files are processed in your browser. They are not uploaded to this site.

A practical guide

Select a comment category and inspect the result.

  1. Choose a PDF and select all supported comments, text notes or text markup.
  2. Run removal and save the resulting PDF copy.
  3. Review pages for the intended changes and compare with the original.

Try this example

Choose only the comment category you intend to remove, then check the resulting pages against the original.

Before

  • Highlight + link

After

  • Link retained
Input and expected output for this task. Illustrative example.

Before you start: Only supported comments and replies are removed; comment data may remain in the file. This is not redaction or secure cleanup. Flattened marks remain, and saving may invalidate signatures.

Compare the cleaned copy
What you get

Remove supported comments and their replies from all pages, keeping links and form fields. Comment data may remain inside the file: this is not redaction or secure cleanup. Flattened marks are unchanged; saving may invalidate signatures. Limits: 10 MiB, 200 pages, 2000 annotations.

Limits and important details

10 MiB, 200 pages, 2000 annotations, 20 MiB output. Notes, markup, drawing and stamp comments only. Related replies and popups are removed too. Links and fields remain. Unknown types, tagged annotations, grouped/cross-page replies and malformed relationships are rejected. Comment objects may remain recoverable inside the PDF. Not secure cleanup; flattened page marks cannot be removed.

Example

Choose Text markup to remove highlights, underlines, squiggly underlines and strikeouts with their replies, while retaining independent text notes. Preview the result and check the links and form fields. Never use this operation to erase confidential information.