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How to Edit or Remove a PDF Bookmark
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Bookmarks can be updated after the fact — you do not need to remove and rebuild the whole outline just to fix one entry.
Step-by-step
- 1Open the PDF in the PDF Bookmarks Manager.
- 2The existing outline loads as an editable list on the left.
- 3Click an entry to rename it, or drag entries to reorder the outline.
- 4Select an entry and remove it if it is no longer needed.
- 5Download the updated PDF once the outline reflects your changes.
Fixing a broken link target
If a bookmark jumps to the wrong page after the document was edited or pages were reordered, select it and repoint it at the correct page rather than deleting and recreating it.
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