Flattened watermarks

[nancyb50807321]

Is there a way to remove a watermark once it's been flattened or embedded?

[try67]

Using the Redaction tool or the Edit Text & Images tool.

[nancyb50807321]

can you elaborate please?

[Thom Parker]

Use the Edit PDF tools to select the image or text that used to be the watermark, and delete it.

Alternatively, the Redaction tools provide a search mechanism for finding text, and either obscuring it or removing it. If you have Acrobat DC, then search for the Redaction Tools.

[nancyb50807321]

I'm doing what you're saying but adobe can't "see" the watermark so that's not working

[try67]

The Redaction tool can remove anything that's located on the page. Hold down Ctrl to switch from text selection mode to free-form mode.

[nancyb50807321]

Thank you for trying to help.  When I do what you say all it does it put a big white box over everything - the watermark and what is under the watermark. 

Does flattening or embedding just sort of melt the watermark into the file so it becomes part of the file?