Easily remove all highlights and colored markup from PDF documents. Clean up your PDFs by removing yellow, green, blue, and custom colored highlights for a professional appearance.
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Removing highlights from your PDF...
Your PDF has been cleaned and all selected highlights have been removed.
A simple 3-step process to clean your PDF files.
Click "Select PDF" or drag and drop your PDF file. Your file is processed locally and never leaves your computer for complete privacy.
Select which types of highlights you want to remove - all highlights, specific colors like yellow or green, or custom colored markup.
Click "Remove Highlights" and wait a few moments. Your cleaned PDF will be ready for download without any highlights or colored markup.
Professional-grade highlight removal with complete privacy and security.
All highlight removal happens in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to servers, ensuring your documents remain completely private.
Experience instant, in-browser highlight removal with no file size limits or hidden costs. It's completely free to use, forever.
Remove yellow, green, blue, red, and custom colored highlights. Target specific colors or remove all highlights and colored markup at once.
Our PDF Highlight Remover tool allows you to easily remove all highlights and colored markup from your PDF files. Simply select your PDF, select the type of highlights you want to remove (all colors, specific colors, or text highlights only), and the tool will automatically clean your document. All processing happens in your browser for complete privacy.
Our tool can remove all types of PDF highlights including: yellow highlights, green highlights, blue highlights, red highlights, custom colored highlights, text background colors, markup annotations, and reviewer highlighting. You can choose to remove all highlights at once or target specific types of highlighting.
Yes, it's completely safe. Our PDF highlight remover processes files directly in your browser without uploading to any server. Your files never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy and security. The tool only removes highlights and markup while preserving the original document content and formatting.
Yes, you can choose to remove all highlights at once, or target specific types like just text highlights, just markup annotations, or all colored markup. The tool gives you control over exactly what gets removed from your PDF document.
No, removing highlights only removes the colored overlay and markup. The original text, images, fonts, and document formatting remain completely unchanged. Only the highlight colors and annotation layers are removed, leaving your content intact.
Currently, our tool works with standard PDF files that are not password-protected. If your PDF requires a password to open, you'll need to remove the password protection first using a PDF unlock tool before removing highlights.
'Remove highlights only' targets just colored text highlighting (yellow, green, blue backgrounds). 'Remove all markup' includes highlights plus underlines, strikethrough, circles, arrows, and other annotation elements. Choose based on what you want to clean from your PDF.