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# Remove PDF form fields

Learn how to remove form fields in a PDF document by deleting widget annotations. Find out how to remove all fields or delete a single field by name. Salesforce WebViewer adds accurate, reliable docum

A form field can be removed by deleting its widget annotations. This will remove the ability to interact with the form field since widget annotations represent the appearances of form fields in a PDF document.

Its important to note that a form field can be associated to multiple widget annotations which means there can be multiple interactive appearances and locations in a document for a single form field.

## Remove all fields

To remove all form fields in a document, you can remove all widget annotations.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript (SDK v8.0+)" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
// config.js
const { documentViewer, annotationManager, Annotations } = instance.Core;

documentViewer.addEventListener('annotationsLoaded', () => {
  const annots = annotationManager.getAnnotationsList();

  // find the widget annotations
  const widgetAnnots = annots.filter(a => a instanceof Annotations.WidgetAnnotation)

  // remove the widget annotations
  annotationManager.deleteAnnotations(widgetAnnots);
});
```

{% endcode %}

[WebViewerInstance](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/WebViewerInstance.html) [DocumentViewer#annotationsLoaded](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#event:annotationsLoaded__anchor) [AnnotationManager.getAnnotationsList](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#getAnnotationsList__anchor) [Annotations.WidgetAnnotation](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.WidgetAnnotation.html) [AnnotationManager.deleteAnnotations](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#deleteAnnotations__anchor)
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript (SDK v6.0+)" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
// config.js
const { docViewer, annotManager, Annotations } = instance;

docViewer.on('annotationsLoaded', () => {
  const annots = annotManager.getAnnotationsList();

  // find the widget annotations
  const widgetAnnots = annots.filter(a => a instanceof Annotations.WidgetAnnotation)

  // remove the widget annotations
  annotManager.deleteAnnotations(widgetAnnots);
});
```

{% endcode %}

[WebViewerInstance](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/WebViewerInstance.html) [DocumentViewer#annotationsLoaded](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#event:annotationsLoaded__anchor) [AnnotationManager.getAnnotationsList](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#getAnnotationsList__anchor) [Annotations.WidgetAnnotation](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.WidgetAnnotation.html) [AnnotationManager.deleteAnnotations](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#deleteAnnotations__anchor)
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Remove fields by name

To remove a single field, you can find a field by its name and then delete its widget annotations.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript (SDK v8.0+)" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
// config.js
const { documentViewer, annotationManager } = instance.Core;

documentViewer.addEventListener('annotationsLoaded', () => {
  const fieldManager = annotationManager.getFieldManager();
  const field = fieldManager.getField('fieldName');
  annotationManager.deleteAnnotations(field.widgets);
});
```

{% endcode %}

[DocumentViewer.getAnnotationsLoadedPromise](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#getAnnotationsLoadedPromise__anchor) [DocumentViewer#documentLoaded](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#event:documentLoaded__anchor) [AnnotationManager.getFieldManager](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#getFieldManager__anchor) [FieldManager.getField](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.Forms.FieldManager.html#getField__anchor) [Annotations.WidgetFlags](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.WidgetFlags.html) [AnnotationManager.deleteAnnotations](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#deleteAnnotations__anchor)
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript (SDK v6.0+)" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}

```js
// config.js
const { docViewer, annotManager } = instance;

docViewer.on('annotationsLoaded', () => {
  const fieldManager = annotManager.getFieldManager();
  const field = fieldManager.getField('fieldName');
  annotManager.deleteAnnotations(field.widgets);
});
```

{% endcode %}

[DocumentViewer.getAnnotationsLoadedPromise](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#getAnnotationsLoadedPromise__anchor) [DocumentViewer#documentLoaded](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.DocumentViewer.html#event:documentLoaded__anchor) [AnnotationManager.getFieldManager](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#getFieldManager__anchor) [FieldManager.getField](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.Forms.FieldManager.html#getField__anchor) [Annotations.WidgetFlags](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.Annotations.WidgetFlags.html) [AnnotationManager.deleteAnnotations](https://sdk.apryse.com/api/web/Core.AnnotationManager.html#deleteAnnotations__anchor)
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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