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Susan Flamingo
Susan Flamingo
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January 11, 2021
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Delete ALL BookMarks in PDF file

  • January 11, 2021
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Hi friends!

I have Acrobat PRO and someone gave me a PDF file with hundreds of totally unnecessary bookmarks. 

Is there a way I can delete them all in one shot?

Keep in mind: Total ignoramus here...

 

Thank You

Susan

    Correct answer try67

    If you do that you'll lose a bunch of potentially important information, such as the file's metadata.

    There are much easier ways of doing it. Just open the Bookmarks panel, click into it, press Ctrl+A and then Delete.

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    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 11, 2021

    Use File > Create > Combine Files into a Single PDF...
    Add your file
    At the options disable "Always add bookmarks to Adobe PDF"
    Press Combine

      try67
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      try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      January 11, 2021

      If you do that you'll lose a bunch of potentially important information, such as the file's metadata.

      There are much easier ways of doing it. Just open the Bookmarks panel, click into it, press Ctrl+A and then Delete.

        try67
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        try67Community Expert
        Community Expert
        April 29, 2024

        Hi,

        I tried both of these tips and they are not working for me. Nothing happens when I open bookmark sidebar, click into it and then I press Ctrl+A and Delete. Zippo. Why isn't there a choice in the options to clear/delete them all??? Would be so much easier! I have 165 documents to take the bookmarks out of and its going to take me soo much time to do. Not a happy camper.


        You can do it using a simple script, as a part of an Action, and run it on multiple files.

        This is all the code you need:

         

        this.bookmarkRoot.remove();

         

        Add an "Execute JavaScript" command to the action with that code (and make sure to untick the "Prompt User" check box), followed by a Save command and run it on your files, and all the bookmarks will be removed from all of them.

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