Body: <p>I am trying to remove these selectable fields from this PDF. The goal is to remove them and then run them through an OCR so that I make a searchable PDF. I have managed to make the PDF searchable already, but then I get horizontal lines that came there because of these selectable fields in the original PDF. Does someone know how to remove these fields?</p>
  <p>I have tried flattening the PDF online, it didn't remove these fields.</p>
  <p>I tried to convert the PDF to Djvu, and then back to PDF. It did get rid of the selectable fields, but the PDF file size became 10 times larger and I couldn't use the online OCR anymore. I tried to compress that PDF but the quality was drastically reduced.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/sn4lQ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/sn4lQ.jpg" alt="The selectable fields I want to remove." /></a></p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2021-06-06T20:51:32.770Z
Comments.Text: Have you tried printing he PDF as a PDF, e.g. using Windows or Firefox's "Print as PDF" choice as printer?
Comments.UserDisplayName: DrMoishe Pippik
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Comments.CreationDate: 2021-06-08T12:53:38.297Z
Comments.Text: Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it didn't work. I tried to go Print->Save as PDF in Firefox and Chrome, but it didn't work, in both cases, I again have the lines and these selectable boxes on my PDF. It's interesting that when I open the PDF using Chrome I don't see the boxes, but in Firefox I do see. In both cases, the boxes exist in the PDF.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Jovan Markov
Tags: <pdf>
Title: How to remove any kind of selectable fields in PDF
UserDisplayName: Jovan Markov
ThreadText: # How to remove any kind of selectable fields in PDF
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-21)
  
  I am trying to remove these selectable fields from this PDF. The goal is to remove them and then run them through an OCR so that I make a searchable PDF. I have managed to make the PDF searchable already, but then I get horizontal lines that came there because of these selectable fields in the original PDF. Does someone know how to remove these fields?
  
  I have tried flattening the PDF online, it didn't remove these fields.
  
  I tried to convert the PDF to Djvu, and then back to PDF. It did get rid of the selectable fields, but the PDF file size became 10 times larger and I couldn't use the online OCR anymore. I tried to compress that PDF but the quality was drastically reduced.
  
  [![The selectable fields I want to remove.](https://i.sstatic.net/sn4lQ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/sn4lQ.jpg)
  
  **Tags:** pdf
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Have you tried printing he PDF as a PDF, e.g. using Windows or Firefox's "Print as PDF" choice as printer?  
  > **username_0**: Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it didn't work. I tried to go Print->Save as PDF in Firefox and Chrome, but it didn't work, in both cases, I again have the lines and these selectable boxes on my PDF. It's interesting that when I open the PDF using Chrome I don't see the boxes, but in Firefox I do see. In both cases, the boxes exist in the PDF.  
  
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