Flatten PDF
Turn a fillable PDF form into a flat, non-editable document — the values people entered become permanent page content instead of editable fields.
How it works
- 1Choose the PDF with fillable form fields.
- 2Click "Flatten PDF" — every field’s current value is baked into the page.
- 3Download the result. The form fields are gone; only their values remain.
Frequently asked questions
You’ll get back an unchanged PDF — there’s nothing to flatten if the file has no fillable fields.
No — flattening is one-way. Keep your original file if you might need the fillable version again.
No — this happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript.
Flattening is useful once a form is finished — it stops the recipient from accidentally editing filled-in answers, and makes the document display consistently across every PDF viewer instead of relying on interactive form rendering.
This tool focuses on fillable form fields specifically. Sticky-note comments, highlights, and other annotation types are left as they are.
No — flattening applies to every fillable field in the document at once. If you need to keep some fields editable, flatten a copy instead of your working file.
The visual result is similar, but flattening keeps the original page content, fonts, and resolution intact — it doesn’t re-render the document the way a print-to-PDF pass would.
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