Scripting - Find all Form Fields and remove

Hi @Liam1965, you can try this script I just wrote. It will remove form fields from all open documents, and save each document with a suffix (so that it won't save over the original). Let me know if it's useful.

- Mark

/**
 * Remove all form fields from all open documents,
 * and save each document with the suffix '_NO_FIELDS'
 * @author m1b
 * @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/scripting-find-all-form-fields-and-remove/m-p/14000885
 */
function main() {

    var fileSuffix = '_NO_FIELDS',
        thingPlural = 'formFields',
        docs = app.documents,
        counter = 0;

    for (var i = docs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {

        var doc = docs[i],
            path = doc.fullName.fsName.replace(/(\.[^\.]+)$/, fileSuffix + '$1'),
            things = doc[thingPlural].everyItem().getElements();

        if (doc.groups.length > 0)
            // also collect things in groups
            things = things.concat(doc.groups.everyItem()[thingPlural].everyItem().getElements());

        if (doc.stories.length > 0) {

            // also collect any anchored things
            things = things.concat(doc.stories.everyItem()[thingPlural].everyItem().getElements());

            if (doc.stories.everyItem().tables.length > 0)
                // also collect any thing in tables
                things = things.concat(doc.stories.everyItem().tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem()[thingPlural].everyItem().getElements());
        }

        // remove each thing
        for (var j = things.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
            if (things[j].isValid) {
                things[j].remove();
                counter++;
            }
        }

        // save as new document and close
        doc = doc.save(File(path));
        doc.close(SaveOptions.NO);

    }

    alert('Removed ' + counter + ' form fields.');

} // end main
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Remove All Form Fields');

Edit 2023-08-11: as per @TᴀW and @Laubender's comments, I now guess that the OP wishes to remove all form fields, not just text fields, so I have updated. If you want just textBoxes, or radioButtons, etc, change the `thingPlural` string.

Edit 2023-08-11: as @Laubender suggested, I added an extra line to collect things from groups.

Edit 2024-01-11: added some checks to avoid errors in documents that don't have stories, groups, or tables! Thanks to @Joel Cherney for the testing.