Remove Bates numbering in Acrobat Pro

Last updated on Aug 16, 2025

Learn how to remove Bates numbers from PDFs to clean up or repurpose your legal documents.

Open the PDF containing Bates numbering and select Edit from the toolbar.

Select More > Bates numbering > Remove from the left pane.

Acrobat Pro interface showing the Bates numbering menu with the Remove option highlighted for deleting existing Bates numbers.
Select Remove from the Bates numbering menu to delete Bates numbers from your document's pages.

Select OK to confirm and remove the Bates numbering.

Save your document to apply the changes.