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TheTooleMan
TheTooleMan
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January 20, 2022
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How to Delete Comments by One User Only?

  • January 20, 2022
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Two people have added highlights, comments, and sticky notes to a PDF. There are 1,323 comments in the document, 90% of which were entered by "Jack." I want to remove Jack's comments, but the "Delete" function is unavailable for their marks. How can I clean up this document so that only the other person's highlights and comments remain?

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    Adobe Employee
    arvindy
    Adobe Employee
    January 24, 2022

    Hi There,

    The comments might be locked/read only. Could you please run the following snippet in JS debugger and then try deleting that user's comments?

     

    this.syncAnnotScan();

    var annots = this.getAnnots();

    for(var i=0; i<annots.length; i++){

          annots[i].readOnly=false;

          annots[i].lock=false;

    }

     

    For running the JS degbugger, you may need to “Enable JavaScript” and “Enable Interactive Console” in Preferences=>JavaScript.

     

    Regards,

    Arvind

    Document Geek
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    Document GeekCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 20, 2022

    Are Jack's comments locked? 

     

    Please post a screenshot of one of his comments as well as the menu where you are trying to delete it from.

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