Documents gathers all your annotations in one place so you can easily view and even search through them. This is handy when you need to quickly find the parts of a document you consider important.
View annotations and search through them
- Open a file.
- Tap at the top right on your iPad or at the bottom on your iPhone.
- Open the Annotations tab on the right.
- Here, you can see all your annotations sorted by page number. You can tap an annotation to jump to the corresponding page.
- To search for a word or phrase within your annotations, tap the search field and type your query. On iPhone, slightly scroll down to reveal the search field. Documents searches through highlighted and underlined text, pop-up and text notes.
- To filter annotations by color, tap the color wheel near the search field and pick a color.
Remove annotations
To delete a single annotation:
- Open a file.
- Tap at the top right on your iPad or at the bottom on your iPhone.
- Open the Annotations tab on the right.
- Swipe an annotation to the left and tap the delete button.
To clear all annotations from the document:
- Open a file.
- Tap at the top right on your iPad or at the bottom on your iPhone.
- Open the Annotations tab on the right.
- Tap Clear.
- In a pop-up message, tap Yes.
Note: To undo this action, return to your document and tap on the toolbar.