Remove link annotations while retaining other annotations and form fields.
When is it useful? Remove Only PDF Links takes away the clickable links from a PDF before you print it, share it in a classroom or office, or send it to someone who should not jump to outside websites.
Good to know: only link areas are removed. Comments, highlights and form fields stay exactly as they were, and website addresses printed as text on the page remain visible — they just are no longer clickable. The tool tells you how many links it removed.
| In your PDF | After removing links |
|---|---|
| Clickable links | Removed |
| Comments and highlights | Kept exactly |
| Form fields | Kept exactly |
| Printed web addresses | Still visible, no longer clickable |
| Result note | Says how many links were removed |
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Links in a PDF can lead readers away to outside websites, tracking pages or outdated addresses. Schools sharing material with students, companies distributing documents internally, and anyone printing a clean copy may want a PDF without clickable links.
The tool finds every clickable link area in the PDF and removes it. Everything else is kept: highlights, comments, notes, form fields, text and pictures stay exactly as they were. The result note tells you how many links were removed.
Website addresses printed as text on the page are part of the page content, not links. They remain visible and readable after removing the links — they simply are no longer clickable. If the addresses themselves must disappear, use Redact PDF to remove that text permanently.
The viewer still opens a website when clicking an address: some viewers automatically detect web addresses in text and make them clickable; that is the viewer's feature, not a link in the file. Comments were removed too: they should not be — this tool only removes link annotations; check that you used this tool and not Remove PDF Annotations.
Keep the original PDF with its links, explain to readers where to find information if links are removed, and check the document in a browser after downloading.