Removing outlines from PDFs using JavaScript

Requirements

These packages are required to use these features in production. Trial keys have unlimited access to all features

Package: Page Manipulation

Make sure you have Full API enabled in WebViewer.

To remove an outline by title in an existing document.

JavaScript

<html>
  <script src="../lib/core/CoreControls.js"></script>
  <script src="../lib/core/pdf/PDFNet.js"></script>
  <script>
    (async function() {
      CoreControls.setWorkerPath('../lib/core');
      const doc = await PDFNet.PDFDoc.createFromURL(filename);

      // how to find and delete a outline by title text.
      const firstOutline = await doc.getFirstBookmark();
      const foo = await firstOutline.find('foo');
      if (await foo.isValid()) {
        foo.delete();
      }
    })()
  </script>
</html>

PDFNet.PDFDoc.createFromURL PDFNet.PDFDoc.getFirstBookmark PDFNet.Bookmark.find PDFNet.Bookmark.isValid CoreControls.setWorkerPath

Read, add, edit PDF outlines Full code sample which illustrates how to read and edit existing outline items and create new bookmarks using the high-level API

About removing an outline

The PDF Bookmarks class also allows you to quickly find Outlines based on the title text. For example, the above code snippet looks for a Outline called foo and then removes it from the outline tree.