Delete an annotation in PDF Viewer

16 Oct 20251 minute to read

Use the deleteAnnotationById() method to remove a specific annotation from a PDF document by its id.

Steps to delete a specific annotation

Step 1: Follow the steps provided in the link to create a simple PDF Viewer sample.

Step 2: Use the following code to delete a specific annotation using deleteAnnotationById().

 <button id="deleteAnnotationbyId">Delete Annotation By Id</button>

// Delete Annotation by ID.
document.getElementById('deleteAnnotationbyId').addEventListener('click', () => {
    viewer.annotationModule.deleteAnnotationById(
      viewer.annotationCollection[0].annotationId
    );
  });

Sample: How to delete a specific annotation using deleteAnnotationById