PDFBaba
Online PDF Tool

Flatten PDF

Bake annotations and form fields into static page content.

Why use Flatten PDF?

Interactive annotations, form fields, and comment threads are useful during review but problematic for final distribution—recipients can accidentally edit data or reviewers see markup you intended to remove. Flattening bakes annotations and form field values into static page content so the PDF behaves like a plain rendered document. PDFBaba runs flattening server-side without signup; files are deleted after about one hour. Always keep a copy of the original unflattened PDF in case you need to revise form data later.

Supported files & limits

One PDF with annotations or form fields. The default upload limit is 100MB per file; administrators can raise or lower this via server configuration. All interactive elements become static page content.

Privacy & data retention

PDFBaba is built for quick tasks: your uploads and generated downloads are kept only long enough to process your request and are automatically deleted after about one hour. We do not require signup for these tools, and we do not use your documents to train AI models. For full details on cookies, analytics, and legal terms, read our Privacy Policy.

Features

Remove interactive annotations
Flatten form fields
Finalize filled forms

How to use

  1. 1

    Upload your source file.

  2. 2

    Click flatten pdf to process the document.

  3. 3

    Download the output file.

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