Remove all links in multiple pdf files.

[LSEDRM]

I have several hundred pdf files and need to remove all the links in all the files. Can this be done with scripting or a plug-in?

Thanks

[try67]

What kind of links are they? Link objects? Buttons? Ad-hoc links added by the application over plain-text URLs? Something else? Please clarify.

[LSEDRM]

They are URLs to websites "https://..."  with a few "mailto:...". No Ad-hoc links over plain text.

[try67]

Please share a sample page with these links, as your answer is a bit too vague to allow us to help you with this issue.

[LSEDRM]

Too vague?

Is this your site?

https://www.try67.com/tool/batch-edit-url-links-in-pdf-files

[try67]

Yes, it is. And this tool edits a very specific kind of links, which is why I'm asking for further details...

[edycm-asu]

@try67 

Did you find an answer to your question about removing weblinks from multiple files?

I have the same question. Thank you. 

[try67]

Again, it depends what kind of links these are...

[JR Boulay]

If the document does not contain any comments or form fields that you would like to keep, the easiest thing to do is to flatten it.

Use this script in an Action:

 this.flattenPages();

[edycm-asu]

Yes, that's the problem. I can use Action Wizard to flatten and save multiple files. But I need a way to just remove all weblinks (hyperlinks to URLs, because you asked earlier what kind of links) in multiple PDFs, while retaining comments or highlights. 

This is easy to do with individual files but takes multiple steps -- opening a file, selecting "Edit PDF," then selecting "Links," then selecting "Remove Weblinks," then assuring Adobe you do actually want to remove all weblinks, then saving it. I'd like to do a batch process that just removes all weblinks from multiple PDFs and then saves them.

Thank you!

[try67]

Please share a sample file with those "web-links", before you remove them using this command.

[edycm-asu]

Sure, it's attached. But the process is the same regardless of PDF. And "weblink" is Adobe's term, not mine. I've also attached a screenshot of the command I am talking about.

[try67]

Use this code to remove all of these links from the file without any prompts or anything like that:

this.removeWeblinks();

You can use it in an Action and process multiple files. Just remember to add a Save command after executing this code.

[edycm-asu]

Thank you!! That worked perfectly.