Remove all links in multiple pdf files.

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September 16, 2022
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I have several hundred pdf files and need to remove all the links in all the files. Can this be done with scripting or a plug-in?

Thanks

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

If the document does not contain any comments or form fields that you would like to keep, the easiest thing to do is to flatten it.

Use this script in an Action:

 this.flattenPages();

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edycm-asu19192490

Participant

Yes, that's the problem. I can use Action Wizard to flatten and save multiple files. But I need a way to just remove all weblinks (hyperlinks to URLs, because you asked earlier what kind of links) in multiple PDFs, while retaining comments or highlights.

This is easy to do with individual files but takes multiple steps -- opening a file, selecting "Edit PDF," then selecting "Links," then selecting "Remove Weblinks," then assuring Adobe you do actually want to remove all weblinks, then saving it. I'd like to do a batch process that just removes all weblinks from multiple PDFs and then saves them.

Thank you!