Erase a drawn, typed or scanned signature from any page — right in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
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To remove a signature from a PDF, open it above, drag the white-out box over the signature, and download. “Cover only” (free, 3 downloads a day) hides it visually; “Remove permanently” rebuilds that page so the signature image and any form fields on it are deleted from the file. It works on scanned pages too, and the PDF never leaves your browser.
Drop it into the box above. It opens on your device — nothing is uploaded.
White out is already selected. Drag across the signature, then resize the box so every stroke is covered. If it crossed a printed line or name, redraw it with Draw or retype it with Add text.
Choose “Cover only” for a quick visual fix, or “Remove permanently” to delete the signature from the file itself.
Turn last year’s signed form or letter into a clean copy you can fill in and sign again.
Clear your own signature, fix a date or detail, then sign the corrected version with the Sign tool.
Send an example of a completed form without handing out an image of your real signature.
Remove a signature that was scanned in by mistake, or a stamp sitting over the signature block.
A visible signature is a picture on the page: a drawn squiggle, a typed name in a script font, or an image pasted in. It might be a separate image or part of a scanned page. A white-out box hides it either way. “Cover only” leaves the original image inside the file, where PDF tools could still extract it; “Remove permanently” re-renders that page, so the signature no longer exists in the download.
A digital signature is different: it is a cryptographic seal attached to the file, shown in Acrobat’s signature panel as signed and valid. It is not the ink you see. Covering the visible part does not remove the seal, and any edit to a digitally signed file means validators will report that it was changed after signing. Nothing here re-signs a document or validates signatures.
A signature field is a form element — a box that says “Sign here” or holds a signature once applied. “Remove permanently” removes form fields on every page that has a box. To delete form and signature fields as objects without touching anything else, use the separate Remove Highlights from PDF tool.
Continue your PDF workflow: Sign PDF — Add a fresh signature once the document is right., Remove Highlights from PDF — Delete form and signature fields as objects. or Redact PDF — Black out and permanently delete sensitive text.
To remove a digital signature from a PDF, you delete the signature field that holds it — covering the visible stamp alone leaves the cryptographic signature attached. Remove Highlights from PDF deletes form and signature fields as objects, and “Remove permanently” here removes every form field on the pages you boxed.
If you created the signature yourself in Acrobat, its “Clear Signature” option on the field is the cleanest route. Either way, removing a digital signature does not create a new one — sign again afterwards if the document needs it.
You can remove the signature from your copy of the file, but that does not un-sign the contract. The other parties still hold the signed version, and the agreement stands or falls on what was signed — not on what your PDF shows now. To cancel or change a signed agreement, you need the other parties to agree.
Only remove signatures from documents you have the right to alter: your own forms and templates, drafts you are correcting, or copies you are preparing to share. Altering someone else’s signed document to pass it off as something else is a different matter entirely, and this page is not for that.
| DoceasePDF | Upload-based tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | On your device, in your browser | Uploaded to their servers |
| Account required | No — open a file and start | Often required after 1–2 uses |
| Price | Free — 3 documents a day | Credits, trials or subscriptions |
| Waiting for uploads | None — files open instantly | Upload + queue + download again |
| Tools per session | Every tool on one document | One tool, then re-upload |
Editing happens in your browser with WebAssembly. Your file is never uploaded, so nobody — including us — can see it.
3 documents a day with every tool included — no sign-up, no page limits, no watermarks. Pro lifts the daily cap.
Any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone or Android. Nothing to download or install.
Edit, sign, organize and compress in a single session — no re-uploading between tools like on other sites.
Open the PDF above, drag the white-out box over the signature and download with “Cover only”. That is free for 3 downloads a day, with no sign-up and no watermark.
With “Cover only”, yes — the original signature image is still inside the PDF under a white box. Choose “Remove permanently” to rebuild the page so the signature is deleted from the file.
Yes. A scanned page is a single image, so you cover the signature area with the white box. The paper texture under the box becomes plain white, which is usually unnoticeable on a clean scan.
Editing a digitally signed PDF invalidates or flags its signature in validators such as Acrobat, because the file no longer matches what was signed. That is expected — sign the edited version again if it needs a valid signature.
The white box covers everything under it, including a printed name or line. Retype the name with Add text (Helvetica, any size) or redraw the line with Draw after covering.
Yes. After covering the old signature, click Sign to draw or type a new one and place it in the same spot, then download.
No. The document is opened and edited inside your browser and never reaches our servers — useful when it contains signatures, ID numbers or contract terms.