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fkmills
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December 22, 2011
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How do I delete a digital signature field?

  • December 22, 2011
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I have Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 on Snow Leopard. I created a digital signature for a PDF file but it didn't look good, so I decided to delete it. I figured out how to delete the signature, but the signature field with the little red arrow did not delete with my signature. I want my PDF form to revert to the way it was before I created the signature. I cannot simply close the PDF without saving because I'd lose all the information I've already entered. Stupid me forgot to save before attempting the digital signature.

HOW CAN I DELETE the digital signature field? Help!

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Kimandy
Participant
July 6, 2020

Use the "Prepare Form" tool. Right click on the signature field and you will now have the option to delete.

ausetaswad
ausetaswad
Participant
June 3, 2014

I'm having the same issue, but I don't have the 'FORMS' option on my MAC using Adobe 11.06. When I click on 'Tools' all I get is >Export PDF >Create PDF >Send Files >Store Files. I cannot remove the signature fields, I am the signer. The reason for this issue in the first place is because there is no way to drag the signature to the right place nor to size it to the appropriate size, so I keep creating signature fields, signing then clearing the signature when it's floating off into the other text. Can't quite get it right and I've started all over several times deleting the document and entering all the info all over again. It's cumbersome to say the least.

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Test Screen Name
Legend
June 3, 2014

You didn't say which of the many issues yours is the "same" as. But your problem seems unrelated: you are using Adobe Reader, not - as all the other people are using - Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Steven_Madwin
Adobe Employee
Steven_Madwin
Adobe Employee
January 4, 2012

Hi,

  • Open the file that has the excess signature field in Acrobat
  • Select the Forms > Add or Edit Fields menu item
  • Right mouse click (or Control + Click if you have a one button mouse) the signature field and select Delete from the pop-up menu
  • Select the Forms > Close Form Editing menu item

Steve

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    smorrow1289
    Participant
    April 7, 2013

    Hi Steven, This does not seem to work on my Mac. I have two of these fields now, as I deleted signature twice. I also cannot get rid of the red arrow.

    Steven_Madwin
    Adobe Employee
    Steven_Madwin
    Adobe Employee
    May 15, 2013

    Steve,

    That worked perfectly!  Thanks.

    Now for part 2 of my issues...

    We're trying to use Acrobat to process and review our financial reports each month.  In doing so, we highlight and link various numbers on one page to other pages in the document and to pages in a seperate document.  We're doing this using the "Highlight Text" tool and then "Add or Edit Link" tool with no problems.  The issue comes when it is time to sign/initial the document and then have the two reviewers add their signature/initials once they have reviewed the document.

    When I use the "Place Signature" or "Place Initials" options it modifies the document so that the links are either deleted or unworkable (I'm unsure which is happening).  I've tried using a certificate but it doesn't allow anyone else to add their signature or initials to the document.  They also cannot validate my signature (likely because my certificate is on my local machine).  EchoSign is a non-starter as some of our documents are too large (according to the notification I received when I tried to use it).

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Cliff


    Hi Cliff,

    I hate to admit it, but using a PKI based (that is, creating digital signatures using public-key certificate type digital IDs) is not for the faint of heart. You need to have a PKI infrastructure in place where trust is universal across the enterprise organization and there is a method for issuing, revoking and updating digital IDs to employees along with maintaining a method of providing revocation response information. It is really a job for someone in the IT department and preferably someone that understands PKI.

    That said, because PKI is a cryptographic based implementation it does provide the greatest amount of security, but let's go on the premise that PKI is not the solution that you are looking for.

    Which brings us to the problem you are having. I have to admit to being surprised that adding an annotation to the document (which is what Place Initials and Place Signature does) breaks the links. Do you have a PDF file that you could share so we could test it here? If you do let me know and I'll send you an e-mail address to use.

    Steve

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