How to Delete all the comments from a PDF File

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February 28, 2020
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Can somebody help to know if there is a way to delete all the comments from a PDF in a single go?

I have some 1000+ PDFs, those have too many comments, i want to delete it in 1 go for each file.

May be i can try building a bot for that after then.

Please help

Thanks in advance

Correct answer try67

This code will remove all the comments from a file:

this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
if (annots!=null) {
	for (var i=annots.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
		annots[i].destroy();
	}
}

If you have Acrobat Pro you can use it in an Action and process multiple files in a single process.

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sami_9859

Participant

If you don't have Acrobat Pro, you can use a cheap 3rd party tool called BatchPurifier to remove comments from multiple PDF files in batch.

try67

Correct answer

Community Expert

This code will remove all the comments from a file:

this.syncAnnotScan();
var annots = this.getAnnots();
if (annots!=null) {
	for (var i=annots.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
		annots[i].destroy();
	}
}

If you have Acrobat Pro you can use it in an Action and process multiple files in a single process.

W

William238499683rst

Participant

Where do I insert this code, I need direction on how and where to install this code, please

G

George_Johnson

Inspiring

That's possible using JavaScript and can be automated with Acrobat. I know that code that does this has been posted in these and other forums, but post again if you can't find anything with a search.

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