How to Remove All Highlights from PDF on Mac (Sierra Included)

Removing highlight on PDF files is very simple with Wondershare PDFelement for Mac. Although this software let you to highlight PDF with the way you want, it can also remove all the highlights on your PDF file within a click. It is built with a trash button that you just need to click to remove the highlights. This software is well designed and allows you to edit, create and convert your PDF file easily. Wondershare PDFelement has other powerful PDF functionalities that are worth mentioning.

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Features of Wondershare PDFelement for Mac:

It is modernized software that supports different Mac OS X like 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 and the latest Mac Sierra 10.12.
Wondershare PDFelement can convert PDF to file formats like PPT, EPUB, HTML, Rich Text, Plain Text, Word, Excel, BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.
From files Web pages, Images, Rich Text, Keynote, blank documents, clipboard screen captures you can come up with PDF documents.
It is also a PDF form filler and creator.
It is an awesome editing tools that edits texts, modify pages, replaces images to PDF or adds images.
With private PDF files you can perform batch redaction.
It is equipped with multilingual OCR feature that is very accurate.

Part 2How to Batch Remove Highlights from PDF on Mac

Step 1. Open Highlighted PDF File

Once you have installed Wondershare PDFelement for Mac, you can now open it on your computer. On the bottom right of the Home window, click on "Open File" and choose the highlighted PDF on your Mac. You can also upload the file by going to the "File" button on the main menu then click on "Open" followed by "From File". The program then allows you to select and open the file with the program.

Step 2. Mark the Highlights to Remove

With the PDF file opened on the computer, move the cursor to the tool bar and click on the "Markup" button. A sub tool bar will pop up. On the sub tool bar navigate the cursor to the far right and click on the "Trash" icon. A new window will pop up with all the mark up types supported by the program. Now click on highlighting and underline or strikethrough if you used them on your PDF.

Step 3. Remove All Highlights

Once you have checked the highlights to remove, you can now click on the "Remove" button. All the highlights will be removed from your PDF file within a few seconds. After that save your work properly and all the changes you have made will be maintained.