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I don't have a "Redact" tool in the Tools/Content Editing pane ; neither is Redact a choice in my drop-down menu <<View/Tools/>>.    How am I missing this?   Thanks


It's under Tools - Protection, and only available in Acrobat Pro.

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Maggie22453630v1he
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December 31, 2021

Right click on the highlighted text

Click on Properties

Change color to white

Click ok, and you're done!

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noahB82C
Participant
March 26, 2021

none of this works for me. i have the PDF subscription. so dumb that Adobe doesn't make it easier to unhighlight a documetn that i personally highlighted.

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j1valverde
Participant
January 10, 2020

Worked GREAT!  A few highlighted areas remained but that was a quick, easy fix.  Just have to click on the text box around the text and hit delete to get rid of the remaining highlighted areas.  Thanks fo the trick michelleg63409541

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PattyCakes3
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October 16, 2020

Yes! Easy Peasy!  Thank you 🙂

sanclub
sanclub
Participant
February 1, 2018

It's a bit tricky. I have googled it for awhile but couldn't find a better solution but by a luck, I found a proper and easy solution. Here what I have done.

Go to View => Comments => Annotations

There you will see all the highlighted words or sentences. Select what you have to un-highlight and right click. Delete.

That's all!

Hope this will help.

PS: You don't need a pro version. 

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    February 1, 2018

    If that worked then you can simply click the highlight and press Delete and it will be gone, too.

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    September 14, 2016

    Click the highlight and then press Delete.

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    michelleg63409541Author
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    September 14, 2016

    I did that, but it doesn't work.  I can't delete or change the color to white.  I have tried everything.  This document was sent to me with 4 random words already highlighted and I can't un-highlight them.  Any more suggestions?

      try67
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      try67Community Expert
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      September 14, 2016

      What do you see under the Comments List section of the Comment panel? Are the highlights visible there?

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