Flatten a PDF

Turn filled forms, comments and layers into part of the page, so they look the same everywhere and can no longer be edited. Nothing is uploaded.

Never uploaded Forms, comments, layers No ads, no sign-up

Drop PDFs here One or several. Pictures become pages. Choose files

Edited on this device, never uploaded

How to flatten a PDF

In short

Drop the PDF, choose form fields, comments, links and layers, and press Flatten PDF. What you chose is drawn into the pages as it looks now.

Drop the PDF
The panel counts its form fields, comments, links and layers.
Choose what to flatten
Form fields, comments and layers are on; links are off, as flattened links stop working.
Flatten
Press Flatten PDF and download it.

So the answers can’t be changed and look the same in every app and on every printer. Some sites also refuse forms that are still fillable.

Content on layers that were hidden when the PDF opens is removed, and what showed becomes part of the page.

Text that was text stays text. Form values become ordinary text on the page.

No. It is flattened by your browser, on your device.