#  `delete_annots`

Delete annotation info
## Usage
> pdftl `<input>` `delete_annots` `[<selector>...]` `output` `<output>`

## Details
The `delete_annots` operation deletes annotations in a PDF file.

Without selectors, all annotations are removed from all pages.

### Filtering

Annotations can be filtered using the same selector syntax as
`dump_annots` and `modify_annots`. Selectors are optional.

The syntax is `selector` or `selector(Key=Value, ...)`, where:
  - `selector` is a page range (e.g., `1-5`, `odd`, see [[`page_specs`]]) and/or an
    annotation type (e.g., `/Link`, `/Highlight`).
  - `Key=Value` pairs filter annotations by property value.

### Value Syntax
  - PDF Names: `/Name`
  - PDF Strings: `(My String)`
  - PDF Arrays: `[0 0 1]`
  - PDF Booleans: `true` / `false`
  - Numbers: `1.5`, `10`
  - Plain strings are treated as PDF Strings: `Value` is interpreted as `(Value)`
## Examples

> Delete all annotations from in.pdf
```
pdftl in.pdf delete_annots output out.pdf
```

> Delete only Link annotations on pages 1-5
```
pdftl in.pdf delete_annots 1-5/Link output out.pdf
```

> Delete only Highlight annotations on odd pages
```
pdftl in.pdf delete_annots odd/Highlight output out.pdf
```

> Delete only Link annotations with a zero border
```
pdftl in.pdf delete_annots "/Link(Border=[0 0 0])" output out.pdf
```


**Tags**: in_place, annotations, delete

*Source: pdftl.operations.annots_filters*

*Read online: [https://pdftl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operations/delete_annots.html](https://pdftl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operations/delete_annots.html)*

*Type: Operation*