How to remove footer without affecting header

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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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Hancock Estabrook, LLP

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jan-i

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

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patriciav29477974Author

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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!).

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Cheryl35060800r6u4

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Hey Patricia, trying to change just the footer but unable to, you had a similar query, any wayto execute this?

Did you ever find a way to change ONLY the footer? I'm having a similar issue. When I attempt to "Update" my Footer, Adobe completely deletes my header. Unfortunately, my Header is quite detailed and complex to recreate. This seems dumb that it's "all or nothing" on the Header/Footer update. Thank you for any info

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