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Flatten forms and annotations
Burn comments and form fields into the page so they stop being editable.
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The file is processed on this server and deleted as soon as the response is sent. Nothing is stored, and the result is returned directly to you rather than parked behind a link.
How to use Flatten forms and annotations
- Select your document: Choose the file you want to process with Flatten forms and annotations. Your upload is validated immediately against strict format and size limits.
- Configure flatten forms and annotations options: Adjust any page ranges, compression targets, passwords, or layout settings required for your task. Burn comments and form fields into the page so they stop being editable.
- Run and receive your result: Submit the form to run qpdf --flatten-annotations directly on this server. Output: One PDF, downloaded immediately. Temporary input files are deleted automatically when processing completes.
Frequently asked questions
- How does Flatten forms and annotations work on MakeOverPDF?
- Burn comments and form fields into the page so they stop being editable. MakeOverPDF runs qpdf --flatten-annotations on the server and returns: One PDF, downloaded immediately.
- Is Flatten forms and annotations free and private to use?
- Yes. MakeOverPDF requires no user account, watermarks nothing unless you use the watermark tool, and deletes your uploaded document from the private working directory as soon as the request finishes.
- What are the file size and page limits for Flatten forms and annotations?
- Each annotation's appearance is drawn into the page's own content stream and the annotation objects are removed — the page looks the same, and the comment, link or field can no longer be edited, moved or filled in. The interactive form goes with them: the field dictionary and its values are gone from the document, and what a filled-in form looked like survives only as the drawing now burned into the pages. Flattening is one-way by nature. The original annotations are not kept anywhere, so the only copy of them is the visible page you can see afterwards.