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PSWriteOffice

PowerShell document automation across OfficeIMO's document, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF, Project, Access, EPUB, invoicing, and conversion engines.

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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

Remove-OfficePdfAnnotation

Module
PSWriteOffice
Inputs
System.String
Outputs
System.IO.FileInfo OfficeIMO.Pdf.PdfAnnotationEditResult

Removes PDF annotations matching friendly filters.

Syntax

Remove-OfficePdfAnnotation
[-IgnorePermissionRestrictions]
[-KeepPopups]
[-ObjectNumber <Int32>]
[-OutputPath] <String>
[-PageNumber <Int32>]
[-PassThru]
[-PassThruReport]
[-Password <String>]
[-Path] <String>
[-Subtype <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: All Parameter Sets

Examples

Remove text annotations from the first page.

Remove-OfficePdfAnnotation -Path .\Reviewed.pdf -OutputPath .\Clean.pdf -PageNumber 1 -Subtype Text -Confirm:$false

Parameters

-IgnorePermissionRestrictions SwitchParameter optional
After successful password authentication, explicitly ignore owner-imposed annotation-modification restrictions.
-KeepPopups SwitchParameter optional
Keep popup annotations linked from matching annotations through /Popup.
-ObjectNumber Int32 optional
Specific annotation object number to remove.
-OutputPath String requiredposition: 1
Output PDF path.
-PageNumber Int32 optional
Optional one-based page number filter.
-PassThru SwitchParameter optional
Emit the object created or changed by the command.
-PassThruReport SwitchParameter optional
Return the annotation edit result instead of the output file.
-Password String optional
Password used to authenticate an encrypted PDF.
-Path String requiredposition: 0pipeline: True (ByValue)aliases: FilePath
Input PDF path.
-Subtype String optional
Optional annotation subtype filter such as Text, Link, Widget, or FreeText.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.