Maybe you want to clear all fields in a PDF form to re-fill , here are 2 strategies to make them vanish: clear all fields in a PDF by deleting manually, and reset a PDF form automatically with a reset button.

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How to Clear or Reset PDF Form Automatically in Adobe Acrobat?

Before you roll up your sleeves and manually clear all the entered texts in the PDF form fields, you should know that there is professional app designed for easy form resetting with just one click-Adobe Acrobat.

In Adobe Acrobat, we can make this super easily. It gives users 2 ways to clear form fields with the Prepare Form tool, either to clear the form in one click ,or to add a reset button that let others clear form fields without opening the file in a PDF editor. And Acrobat has a lot more functions to help users dive into PDF forms, users can easily fill out PDF form, convert flat PDF to fillable PDF form, add/delete/edit form fields, collect and distribute form data, calculate in form, submit form and so on.

It works perfectly on PDF forms, and also on any kind of PDF files. Acrobat gives its users full control over the text, link, image, button, object, page, header and footer, background, you can add or remove, replace or customize as you like.

To begin the resetting process in Adobe Acrobat, you need to get a copy of it. You can get started with the 7-day free trial, but the monthly or yearly subscription will surely make your PDF easily and freely manipulated anytime and anywhere.

To clear a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat:

  1. Grab the free trial of Adobe Acrobat (Standard or Pro Version), install and fire up the app on your machine.
  2. Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat, hove to Tools> Forms & Signatures> Prepare Form.reset form adobe 1
  3. All the form fields will be showed up on the right side, click on three-dot icon and choose Clear form.clear pdf form
  4. Hit Close, then click Save button.

To add reset form button to PDF in Adobe Acrobat:

  1. Get a free copy of Adobe Acrobat (Standard or Pro Version), install and fire up the app on your Mac or Windows machine.
  2. Open the PDF form in Adobe Acrobat.
  3. Head to Tools> Forms & Signatures> Prepare Form.reset form adobe 1
  4. Click on the OK button, create and drag the blue button to the place where you want to add a Reset form button.reset form adobe 2
  5. Double click on the button and open Button Properties dialog box. Go to General, Appearance, Position, Options to set up the button. You can add a label to the button in Options.reset form adobe 3
  6. Head to Actions tab, set Trigger as Mouse Up, set Actions as Reset a from. Then click Add.reset form adobe 4
  7. Preview the reset button, then click Close and hit Save button to add the reset button to your PDF.reset form adobe 5

And we particularly make this video for you to use Adobe Acrobat without mistake, starting from 01:08,

Clear PDF Form in Mac Preview

For Mac users, it is crazy easy to clear PDF form, Preview can help us. We can use Preview’s Inspector to find and view all the form fields, then select them to delete. However, Preview takes all the comments and form fields in the PDF as annotations, you should check carefully to avoid deleting the comments.

  1. Open PDF in Preview, hover to Tools> Show Inspector.clear pdf preview 1
  2. Click on the Pen icon, all the form fields will be listed.
  3. Select all the form fields and press Delete button to erase the texts in form fields.clear pdf preview 2
  4. Now all the form fields are cleared, hover to File> Save.clear pdf preview 3

Reset PDF in Google Chrome

Our browser is becoming more and more accommodating, it lets users browse website, also view PDF and image files. With a form editor in the web browser, people can clear a PDF form without installing and paying for any software.

We can open, fill, print and export PDF files in Google Chrome, including clearing fields in a fillable PDF form.

To reset PDF free in Google Chrome:

  1. Open PDF in Google Chrome by dragging and dropping to a new tab.reset form chrome 1
  2. Use Delete or Backspace on your keyboard to delete the texts in all form fields.reset form chrome 2
  3. Hit the download button and choose to download with your changes. All form fields are cleared in the PDF.reset form chrome 3

How to Clear PDF Form Fields Online Free?

Many websites can reset a PDF form manually by deleting the filled contents one by one, such as PDFescape, one of the best website to fill and edit PDF forms on the web. There are also other sites let you remove all the form texts and form fields, such as AvePDF.

PDFescape

It is a simple PDF editing service for free to use, you can use it to edit texts, organize pages, annotate, and fill or clear a form manually.

  1. Navigate to pdfescape.com in your web browser. Upload the file.reset form online 1
  2. Wait for the PDF to be imported.
  3. Use Delete or Backspace on your keyboard to clear all the form fields one by one.reset form online 2
  4. Hit the Save&Download button to save the file with all fields cleared.reset form online 3

AvePDF

It has rich PDF editing tools, and it helps users remove all the fillable fields from a PDF form. If you don’t mind deleting all the fillable fields, you can use this free tool to clear your PDF form.

  1. Navigate to https://avepdf.com/remove-interactive-content.
  2. Upload your PDF form.
  3. Choose Form Fields and click Remove.clear pdf form online
  4. Download the file, all the fillable fields, including the texts in the fields are cleared.

At the time of writing, we don’t find many websites to auto reset a PDF form like Adobe Acrobat. If you want to pass Acrobat, you will need to spend some time on clearing all fields in a fillable PDF form one by one.