Remove signatures and stop the automatic verification

[stephenw54399709]

Hello,

When I opened a pdf to edit I mistakenly selected something to do with verify signatures ( I also clicked the check box to always do this) I cannot now  edit my pdfs. It states that I am viewing a signed version and all editing functions have been disabled. I really need to remove this and remove the automatic verification so that I can edit my pdfs. I have tried “save as” and renamed the document but it still will not let me edit the new saved document. I have also uninstalled Acrobat Pro and then reinstalled it, deleted the PDF and reloaded it from my email to no avail.

Thank you

[stephenw54399709]

Well, for anyone who is interested,

After discussing the problem with Adobe Support for half an hour, who insisted there was nothing I could do as the document and all earlier version (everywhere) were locked, not sure how that could happen though.

I discovered myself that if I export the pdf to word, delete the signature in the top left hand of the page with a small anchor next to it and then save it as a pdf with a changed name. I can then reopen it with Adobe and carry out my edit. I might of just had someone from support who is unfamiliar with their products.

[try67]

They were not incorrect. What you did is basically create a completely new version of the file, which is not signed.

If you applied the signature, though, then you could have also removed it by right-clicking the signature field and selecting "Clear Signature". That would have reverted the file to an earlier version, which could then be edited. It's not possible to edit a signed document, though. That's the entire point of a digital signature...

[stephenw54399709]

I understand that "Try67", but the clear signature was greyed out (???? not sure why as it was me who signed it) and they said I couldn't export it because it was locked down and there was basically nothing I could, I was frantic as I was lead to believe that I had possibly lost many man hours of work and would have to start the document again from scratch, using cut and paste or re-doing the whole thing. I just wanted the document back such that edits could be made, even if that meant creating a new file but with all the relevant data. But I was told it could be done until I tried it myself.

Anyway, I am very happy I have all the data that can be edited; as they say, you learn a lot from silly mistakes.