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sarahy157073
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March 31, 2020
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"Anyone" recipient - how to remove

  • March 31, 2020
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How do I remove the Anyone recipient.  It is auto loaded and I NEVER want anyone to fill in the document for sign?  When I upload a completed adobe form, the form fields auto assigns to the "Anyone" recipient and it very time consuming to reassign the fields.  How do I remove this?  I'm an Admin account and I can't find it anywhere in the settings to remove this. Thanks.

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Stephanie.Welton
Participant
February 22, 2023

I FIGURED IT OUT!  So if you don't want the form fields to be editable after completing the form, you have to flatten the form fields so they become part of the document and cannot be filled out anymore. When you save the form, go to File > Save As Other > Optimized PDF. Then remove all check marks from the 6 boxes on the left EXCEPT the "Discard Objects" box. Click on "Discard Objects" and check the box that says, "Flatten form fields". Then click "OK"!   Now all of the text that was in the form fields will be permanent on the document! So Adobe will stop recognizing the fields as "editable" when using the "Request E-signatures" tool & assigning them to be filled out by "anyone". Here's a link to the video I used that shows how to do it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ByBJHoGXNmc

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    ChristineMerrimack
    Participant
    January 30, 2025

    Thank you!

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    browncm1
    Participant
    November 18, 2020
    Hello!
    I have found the "anyone" category to be the default if other signature lines/blocks aren't assigned to anyone.
    I have not found a way around this other than to assign everyone their part, and then if it tells you there are signatures not assigned to anyone, and if I want to review, I just click "send"
    I hope this helps.

    Thank you,
    Christy

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    Vera N.
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    November 18, 2020

    Has anybody ever figured out how to do this?  I've got a document with fields assigned to "Anyone" and I do *not* want an extraneous signature line for "Anyone" to sign.  Even if I go through and manually reassign all the fields, "Anyone" still remains on the document as a signer and when I go to send the document I get that annoying popup to either review the document or AdobeSign will insert signature fields for signers who don't have one.  Ugh!

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    browncm1
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    May 20, 2020
     

    Hi there!

    Have you ever received an answer to your question above? I am in the same boat.

    Interesting that you asked this question two months ago to the day.

    I need help with this as well and can't seem to get in touch with anyone.

    I hope we find out soon.

     

     
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