Flatten a PDF form
Drop in filled forms and get copies where every answer is part of the page, ready to merge, print or send.
Drop your filled PDF forms here
or browse your files
PDF forms. As many as you like, no sign-up.
Nothing is uploaded. Answers stay where they are and can no longer be changed. Author, software and other hidden details are removed too.
- No ads
- No sign-up
- No watermark
- No daily limit
- Nothing uploaded
Several steps, or a whole batch? Chain this with other tools in a Workflow and run them in one go.
Why flatten before merging
Merging copies pages into a new file, and a form’s list of fields stays behind. The boxes still show, but most apps no longer treat them as a form. Flatten first and the answers become ordinary page content that survives any merge.
What else is flattened
Form fields only. Comments, highlights and links stay as they are. Fields with nothing typed in them are removed, leaving the blank box drawn on the page.
Forms made with Adobe XFA
A form built only with Adobe XFA has no ordinary fields to flatten, and we say so. Files that carry both keep their ordinary fields, which get flattened; the XFA part is removed.
Your files stay with you
Your PDFs are opened and saved on your own device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and you don’t need an account. Close the tab and they’re gone.
From our tests
- What survives when you merge, split or delete PDF pages
Which page tools keep bookmarks, links, forms and tags, and the hidden-page bug we fixed.
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- Delete PDF pagesRemove blank, duplicate or private pages.
- JPG to PDFTurn photos and scans into one PDF.
- PDF to JPGSave every page of a PDF as a picture.
- PDF to PNGCrisp page images for text, charts and diagrams.
- PDF to textCopy out all the text of a PDF as a .txt file.
- Remove PDF metadataSee and remove author, software and dates hidden in a PDF.
- Add page numbersNumber the pages of a PDF, top or bottom.
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- Add watermark to PDFStamp DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or a logo on every page or a few.
- Password-protect PDFLock a PDF with a password, AES-256 encrypted.
- Unlock PDFRemove a password you know from a PDF.
- Redact PDFBlack out text for real: nothing left under the box.
- Fill PDF formType into a fillable PDF form and save it, optionally flattened.
- Sign PDFDraw, type or upload your signature and place it on any page.
- PDF metadata viewerSee the author, apps, dates, fonts and scripts a PDF carries.
- Extract images from PDFSave the pictures inside a PDF at the quality they are stored.
- Crop PDFTrim margins or keep one part of a page.
- Change PDF page sizeFit pages onto A4, Letter, Legal, A3 or A5.
- Grayscale PDFTurn every colour in a PDF grey, with text kept as text.