Cut, copy, paste, rotate, and delete comments

By Cynthia, 6 December, 2025

Cut comments

Cutting removes selected comments from the current location. Once you cut the comments, you can paste within the same document, into a different document.

  • Select comments to be cut.
  • Select Cut from the right-click menu, or press Ctrl + X.
  • You are now ready to paste.

Copy comments

Once you copy the comments, you can paste within the same document, or into a different document.

  • Select comments to be copied.
  • Select Copy from the right-click menu, or press Ctrl + C.
  • You are now ready to paste.

Paste comments

You can paste comments within the same document, or a different document in Foxit PDF Editor.

1) Copy or cut the selected comments.

2) Do one of the following to paste the comment as required:

  • To paste the comment at the specified location, right-click on the page you want to paste the comment, and select Paste.
  • To paste the comment at the center of the page, press Ctrl + V
  • To paste the comment at the same position on a different page, right-click anywhere on the target page, and choose Paste in Place

Rotate comments

You can rotate comments added by the Drawing Markup, Typewriter, Textbox, Callout, and Pencil tools. 

1) Select the Select Annotation command, the Hand command, or the corresponding commenting tool. 

2) Select the comment(s) that you want to rotate, and you will find the rotation handle at the top of the selected comment(s). 

Tip: If you select multiple comments, all the comments will be rotated as a group at the same degrees.

3) Drag the rotation handle to rotate the selected comments at any degree. While dragging the rotation handle, you can also press Shift to rotate the comments in 15-degree increments. 

Delete comments

  • Select the annotation to be removed with the Hand command, the Select Annotation command, or the corresponding annotation tool.
  • Choose Delete from the right-click menu, or press Delete.
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