What do I get back from Extract Annotations?

The result is JSON, offered as a download the moment the work finishes. Multiple results come back together rather than as fifty separate save dialogs.

Is there a file size limit?

A single file may be up to 100 MB, and a batch up to 50 files. Those are guardrails rather than a paid tier — the work happens on your machine, so an enormous document is limited by your own memory before it is limited by us.

Where does the processing actually happen?

In this tab. The file is read locally, converted or edited locally, and handed back as a download — no copy is sent to a server, so there is nothing for anyone to breach or keep.

What can't Extract Annotations do?

Reads annotation objects present in the PDF structure; annotations drawn as page content (baked-in) cannot be separated. That limit is stated on the page and in the alert above the tool, not buried in a footnote.

Extract Annotations

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Export notes and annotation content.

Reads annotation objects present in the PDF structure; annotations drawn as page content (baked-in) cannot be separated.

Drag & drop your PDF here

or click to browse — .pdf · up to 1 files

Only true annotation objects are listed — highlights or notes flattened into page content are invisible to this scan.

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About Extract Annotations

Extract Annotations is here for reading and pulling content out of files: export notes and annotation content. It takes PDF and produces JSON. What it does today: reads annotation objects present in the PDF structure; annotations drawn as page content (baked-in) cannot be separated.

For the moment a file has to be something else before it is useful: Extract Annotations makes the JSON version on the spot.

How to use Extract Annotations in 3 steps

Start by dropping the PDF you want to work on; the limit is 100 MB per file.
Set the annotation types to list or remove.
Press Extract and download the JSON result.

What you get with Extract Annotations

Honest scope: reads annotation objects present in the PDF structure; annotations drawn as page content (baked-in) cannot be separated.
Runs in your browser — the file is never uploaded
Free to use, with no signup and no account
No watermark or logo added to your output
Works on desktop and mobile, no install

Extract Annotations: questions

What do I get back from Extract Annotations?: The result is JSON, offered as a download the moment the work finishes. Multiple results come back together rather than as fifty separate save dialogs.
Is there a file size limit?: A single file may be up to 100 MB, and a batch up to 50 files. Those are guardrails rather than a paid tier — the work happens on your machine, so an enormous document is limited by your own memory before it is limited by us.
Where does the processing actually happen?: In this tab. The file is read locally, converted or edited locally, and handed back as a download — no copy is sent to a server, so there is nothing for anyone to breach or keep.
What can't Extract Annotations do?: Reads annotation objects present in the PDF structure; annotations drawn as page content (baked-in) cannot be separated. That limit is stated on the page and in the alert above the tool, not buried in a footnote.