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How to remove Digital Signature
I need to remove the digital signature that I created so I can edit the document. When I right-click on my signature there is no option to clear the signature.
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Adobe Employee , Nov 04, 2020 Nov 04, 2020 AnandSri • Adobe Employee , Nov 04, 2020 Nov 04, 2020Hope you are doing well.
If you have forgotten the digital id password, then you can detach the digital id.
Navigate to Edit -> Preferences (Win), or Acrobat -> Preferences (Mac), then select Signatures -> Identities & Trusted Certificates -> More , Click on Digital ID Files, select the one you want to detach, and click Detach File. After that, you can delete the .pfx file.
You can delete only self-signed digital IDs that you created in Acrobat. A digital ID obtained from an
8 8 Upvotes 18 Replies 18 Adobe Employee ,/t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-remove-digital-signature/m-p/11567571#M284515 Nov 04, 2020 Nov 04, 2020
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Hope you are doing well.
If you have forgotten the digital id password, then you can detach the digital id.
Navigate to Edit -> Preferences (Win), or Acrobat -> Preferences (Mac), then select Signatures -> Identities & Trusted Certificates -> More , Click on Digital ID Files, select the one you want to detach, and click Detach File. After that, you can delete the .pfx file.
You can delete only self-signed digital IDs that you created in Acrobat. A digital ID obtained from another provider cannot be deleted.
To know more about the Digital Ids, see this article: Manage Digital IDs
