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cglaser819
New Participant
June 10, 2016
Question

Unable to delete form field - Acrobat IX

  • June 10, 2016
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I am using Acrobat 9 Pro Extended and am having a problem where I cannot delete a form field (text box).

- The field is only showing in the fields list, but cannot be seen on the page itself.

- When I click on the Field in the Field list and try to delete it, nothing happens.

- I can't right click it either, and it does not even highlight a field on the page when selected.

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Spanielgirl
New Participant
August 16, 2016

Click on the Tools tab and then select Create Forms. The form fields already in the document should then show and you can select and delete them.

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    Bradley32163651p215
    New Participant
    September 8, 2023

    That worked perfectly for me...tried everything else but it finally worked with your advice!

    try67
    try67
    Community Expert
    June 10, 2016

    Try marking the area around it with the Redaction tool and then apply the redaction. It should remove it.

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      cglaser819Author
      New Participant
      June 10, 2016

      Unfortunately I can't mark the area around it because there is no indicator to where the field is. When I select the Field in my Field List, normally it jumps to the location and highlights the border. For this case that does not happen (the jump or the highlight) so I cannot even attempt to redact it.

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      gkaiseril
      Inspiring
      June 10, 2016

      Does the form have hidden templates?

      Can you provide a link to the form so others can examine the form?

      Is the form field locked?

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      gkaiseril
      Inspiring
      June 10, 2016

      Does this form have hidden templates?

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