KissPDF Remove Annotations from Multiple PDFs
Batch remove highlights, comments, links, notes, and drawings from multiple PDF files. Delete all annotations or choose exact types and page ranges.
Prepare clean sharing or archive copies without opening every annotation individually.
PDF bytes are read and rewritten on your device.
Add PDFs, choose annotations and pages, then create cleaned copies.
Select one PDF or a whole batch.
Select All or exact markup categories.
Use every page or enter ranges such as 1-10,13,20-.
Get one cleaned PDF or a ZIP containing every result.
Practical guide
Remove annotations from PDF files online for free with a browser-based PDF annotation remover. Select one or multiple PDFs, remove all annotations or exact types such as highlights, comments, notes, drawings, and links, and optionally limit removal to specific page ranges.
Add several PDF files to apply the same annotation and page settings in one operation. A single result downloads as a PDF; multiple cleaned files download together in a ZIP archive. The source files remain unchanged.
Choose All annotations or select exact PDF annotation subtypes. Supported choices include highlights, strikeouts, underlines, ink drawings, shapes, lines, links, text notes, free text, and popup comments. Form widgets are deliberately preserved.
This tool removes separate PDF annotation objects. A highlight, pencil mark, comment, or handwritten note that has already been flattened into page content is no longer an annotation. Marks baked into a scanned page are image pixels and cannot be selectively removed with this tool.
Clear answers based on how this tool actually works.
Add the PDF, choose All annotations or specific types, optionally enter a page range, and select Remove Annotations. KissPDF creates a separate cleaned copy.
Yes. KissPDF removes supported PDF annotations without an account or watermark. Processing happens locally in your browser.
Yes. Add multiple PDFs and apply the same annotation types and page range to the whole batch. The cleaned results download in one ZIP file.
Select Highlight in the PDF annotation remover. Leave the page field empty to remove highlight annotations from every page, or enter a specific page range.
Yes. Select Text note and Popup / Comment. Free text boxes can be removed separately with the Free text option.
Yes. Add the PDF files, select Link, and process the batch. It removes clickable PDF links without deleting the visible text underneath.
Only when the highlight remains a separate PDF annotation. A highlight flattened into the scanned image is made of pixels and cannot be removed by annotation type.
No. It removes annotation objects, not ordinary PDF page text. Use a PDF content editor or secure redaction workflow when page text must be removed.
No. Widget annotations used by interactive form controls are deliberately preserved.
No. Reading, annotation removal, PDF creation, and ZIP packaging run locally in browser memory.