deleting a sticky note from a pdf in preview

[GadgetNeil]

Recently found out that there is a really cool feature when reading pdf files in preview. You can add notes, that show in a side column. in the file itself, it shows just a little yellow square that looks like a dialogue box from a cartoon, but yellow in side with lines (ie: a reminder that there is a note attached)

To me, when reading professional articles I've downloaded, it's a great feature. It's just like making notes in an article, or on sticky notes, but it's all stored in one place, with the article's pdf file.

My question (and perhaps there will turn out to be a simple answer I've overlooked) is: How do you delete one of these notes if you don't want it anymore? I've tried everything I can think of, and can't figure it out.

Anyone know the answer?

 

[MurphyM]

Text selection tool, double click the bubble. Gray box appears around bubble. Hit delete.

 

[GadgetNeil]

Thanks!
That's a big help - figured it was something obvious like that, but sometimes it's these little things that make a big difference (in fact, just yesterday, I happened to read a "tip" about scrolling by moving swiping downward on the track pad with 2 fingers - it was like a light bulb went off!)

Love this forum -it's great how many people are helping new users with such quick replies

 

[apoz]

print

how can you print these sticky notes???

 

[wolmarvelterop]

hey, thanks very much for the help. I have a question about the grey area on the left that remains though. This annoys the hell out of me. When you open a PDF, there's no grey on either side. When you add a note, the grey area appears for the note, but when you delete the note, the grey area doesn't shrink back down. I can't even begin to tell you how annoying I find this. Can you help me?

 

[wolmarvelterop]

and before you ask, I have tried resizing the window, and it does nothing. But for some reason when I change it to view single page, instead of single page continuous, then the grey area disappears

 

[wolmarvelterop]

sorry, should also mention that I hate single page, and want it on single page continuous, but also want the grey area to vanish. I have tried everything I could think of, but nothing works

 

[Be Cloud Savvy]

I realize that this thread is quite old, but since it comes up in search results I thought it would be helpful to know an easy way to delete a Note and remove Highlighting in Preview (Version 11.0).

Via the Menu bar, choose:

1. Tools
2. Show Inspector

In the box that pops up, click the far right tool that looks like a pencil, labeled 'Annotations'​

Scroll down the list of annotations to find the note(s)/highlight(s), click that entry/line, and then hit the delete button.​

 

[diepxuan]

I realize that this thread is quite old, but since it comes up in search results I thought it would be helpful to know an easy way to delete a Note and remove Highlighting in Preview (Version 11.0).

Via the Menu bar, choose:

1. Tools
2. Show Inspector

In the box that pops up, click the far right tool that looks like a pencil, labeled 'Annotations'​

Scroll down the list of annotations to find the note(s)/highlight(s), click that entry/line, and then hit the delete button.​

Thank you very much Be Cloud Savvy. I followed your instruction it works . I had yellow sticky on my renew passport pdf, big headache. In two days i tried everything but could not clear them out. Again I appreciate your help

 

[Be Cloud Savvy]

Thank you very much Be Cloud Savvy. I followed your instruction it works . I had yellow sticky on my renew passport pdf, big headache. In two days i tried everything but could not clear them out. Again I appreciate your help

I’m happy to hear that it was helpful- thank you for your input. Be well.