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patriciav29477974
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April 5, 2023
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How to remove footer without affecting header

  • April 5, 2023
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Within Adobe Pro, Adobe Reader or other pdfDocs programs.  Common task is removing a footer or header, but we do not want to remove both.  Is there a way to simply remove footer, keeping the header?  Thank you.

 

Tried this in several different pdf programs, they all remove all headers and footers, not a choice to remove header/footer without affecting all of them.  It's not a version issue, but by design apparently.  We need to be able to do this.

 

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jan-i
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January 29, 2024

Same. I always leave adding page numbers until bitter end because never found a way to adjust once done ie if have to remove or add additional pages. The footer is uneditable. Someone suggested Update, but in doing so I get a message 'Adobe Acrobat cannot update the header or footer information in this document'. This is MY document, created from my Word document, it's not had additional locking added etc. 
The only work around I have ever found is, with Edit toolbar selected, is to select and delete each and every page number from beginning to end, save, and then startover again by adding a new footer for pagenumbers. 
A function to Edit a previous created field would be huge help. 

 

    Document Geek
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    April 5, 2023

    Instead of clicking "Remove", just click "Update", then delete the text from the footer field.

     

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    patriciav29477974Author
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    April 5, 2023

    Tried that.  This specific project had to do with 'page numbering' field in footer to remove.  When I go into Update, the 'page numbering field' does not appear to remove it.  Only 'text' shows up in the fields to remove.  You can remove separate sections of header/footer but only if it's 'text'.  For another issue, page numbering field does not show so you can remove that (even though you used page numbering field to insert it!).

    Dave__M
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    Dave__MCommunity Expert
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    April 5, 2023

    Are you certain that the page number is part of the PDF footer?  Perhaps it is in the source document, and that's why it is not being removed by the header/footer updating.

    A screenshot might be helpful in troubleshooting. 

    My best,

    Dave

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