Remove Highlights from PDF
Remove yellow, pink, and green highlighter marks from PDFs. Clean up study notes and annotated documents instantly.
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What is PDF Highlight Remover?
Remove yellow, pink, green, and other highlighter marks from PDF documents online for free. This tool helps students, professionals, and researchers clean up annotated PDFs before sharing, printing, or archiving. Whether you've highlighted study materials, reviewed documents, or received marked-up files, our highlight remover restores clean, professional-looking PDFs in seconds.
Highlighted PDFs create several problems: they look unprofessional in business settings, reveal your personal study patterns when sharing, consume extra ink when printing, and can interfere with OCR text recognition. Our tool removes all highlight colors while preserving the underlying text and document structure perfectly.
How to Remove Highlights from PDF
Step 1: Upload Your PDF - Drag and drop your highlighted PDF or click to browse. Files up to 10MB are supported. All processing happens in your browser for complete privacy.
Step 2: Adjust Settings - Use the Highlight Detection Sensitivity slider (start at 50%) to control how aggressively the tool finds highlights. The Preserve Text Quality slider ensures text stays sharp after highlight removal.
Step 3: Process & Download - Click "Process PDF" and wait while the tool analyzes each page, detects highlight colors, and removes them. Download your clean PDF instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
What highlight colors can be removed?
All common highlighter colors including yellow, pink, green, blue, and orange. The tool uses color detection to identify and remove any semi-transparent highlight overlay.
Will text quality be affected?
No. The Preserve Text Quality setting ensures text remains sharp and clear after highlight removal. Text may even appear clearer without the colored overlay.
Does this work on scanned PDFs?
Yes! The tool works on both digital and scanned PDFs. It analyzes the image layer to detect and remove highlight colors from any PDF type.
Is my PDF data secure?
Absolutely. All processing happens entirely in your browser. Your PDF never leaves your device, ensuring complete privacy and security.
Can I remove only specific colors?
Currently, the tool removes all detected highlights. Adjust the sensitivity slider to target only strong highlights while leaving subtle ones.
What's the file size limit?
The tool supports PDFs up to 10MB. For larger files, split them into smaller documents or compress before processing.