how to remove ocr from acrobat dc

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how do you remove ocr from a pdf in acrobat dc?

[Allta Media]

In the Pro. version of Acrobat you can use the Remove Hidden Information tool to delete the OCR. This is located under the Redact tool.

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thank you for the quick response however; this works for some pdfs but not all.

can you explain what the limitations or requirements are?

[Allta Media · Accepted solution]

Do all these PDFs come from scans? Or, is it possible that the file was created from a program like Word? If it came from Word, you can use the technique for Creating a Non-Searchable PDF from Office Documents.

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We receive pdf files from clients that are generated from all types of software.

This method works great as well!!!

thank you so much for your help