This article shows you how to remove digital signatures from a PDF document using Spire.PDF for Java.
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument; import com.spire.pdf.widget.PdfFieldWidget; import com.spire.pdf.widget.PdfFormWidget; import com.spire.pdf.widget.PdfSignatureFieldWidget; public class RemoveSignature { public static void main(String[] args) { //Create a PdfDocument object PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(); //Load the sample PDF document pdf.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Signature.pdf"); //Get form widgets collection from the document PdfFormWidget widgets = (PdfFormWidget) pdf.getForm(); //Loop through the widgets collection for (int i = 0; i < widgets.getFieldsWidget().getList().size(); i++) { //Get the specific widget PdfFieldWidget widget = (PdfFieldWidget)widgets.getFieldsWidget().getList().get(i); //Check if the widget is a PdfSignatureFieldWidget if (widget instanceof PdfSignatureFieldWidget) { //Remove the signature widget widgets.getFieldsWidget().remove(widget);; } } //Save to file pdf.saveToFile("RemoveSignature.pdf"); } }