Flatten multiple PDF layers, interactive form fields, and annotations online. Merge all text, form inputs, and comments into flat raster images to prevent editing or text extraction. You can combine flattening with other operations like metadata sanitization, watermarking, encryption, and signatures removal simultaneously in a single pipeline.
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ℹ️ The entire page text layer is removed to guarantee no sensitive content remains (image-only output).
⚠️ Note: If your PDF is an image or scanned document, text cannot be found. We recommend selecting "Rebuild & Repair PDF" alongside Redact for OCR, but this will increase processing time.
DocInspector converts active PDF components into static visual layers, preventing text scraping and modification.
Interactive forms, digital signatures, and comments (annotations) can be edited or changed easily. Flattening merges these independent layers directly into the base page content, locking their appearance permanently.
Our engine converts each PDF page into a high-quality raster image (JPEG or PNG) at the specified resolution (DPI), then re-packages them back into a clean PDF. This guarantees that no copy-paste tools can extract text.
By rasterizing, all embedded fonts, hidden objects, and active scripts are completely wiped out. This leaves a clean, secure PDF that is guaranteed to look identical on any device.
Our online tool is built on the same isolation principles as the desktop app. Here is the exact data flow from your browser to the processed output.
Flatten PDF pages online. Select PDF/Image Output modes and adjust page scaling. Process entire directories recursively while maintaining folder trees. Combine flattening with metadata sanitization, watermarking, signature removal, and password encryption in a single run.
No. Flattening turns the text into pixels. You would need to run OCR (optical character recognition) to make the text selectable again.
Yes, it merges the signature's visual representation into the background, removing the cryptographic signature container.
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