Remove watermarks from PDF File and other documents using C# .NET

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RemoveAllWatermark.cs

// Remove the watermarks from PDF & other Documents using C#
using (Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("filepath/documentWithWatermarks.pdf"))
{
    PossibleWatermarkCollection possibleWatermarks = watermarker.Search();

    // Remove every watermark by mentioning the index within document.
    for (int i = 0; i < possibleWatermarks.Count; i++)
    {
        possibleWatermarks.RemoveAt(i);
    }
    watermarker.Save("filepath/no-watermarks.pdf");
}

RemoveHyperlinkWatermarks.cs

// Remove Hyperlink watermarks from PDF using C#
using (Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("path/Hyperlink-Watermarks.pdf"))
{
    PossibleWatermarkCollection watermarks = watermarker.Search(new TextSearchCriteria(new Regex(@"someurl\.com")));
    for (int i = 0 ; i < watermarks.Count; i++)
    {
        if (watermarks[i] is HyperlinkPossibleWatermark)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Removing: " + watermarks[i].Text);
            watermarks.RemoveAt(i);
        }
    }
    watermarker.Save("path/no-hyperlink-watermarks.pdf");
}

RemoveWatermark.cs

// Remove the watermarks from PDF & other Documents using C#
using (Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("filepath/documentWithWatermarks.pdf"))
{
    PossibleWatermarkCollection possibleWatermarks = watermarker.Search();

    // Remove watermark at the specified index from the document.
    possibleWatermarks.RemoveAt(0);

    // Remove specified watermark from the document.
    possibleWatermarks.Remove(possibleWatermarks[0]);

    watermarker.Save("filepath/noWatermarks.pdf");
}

RemoveWatermarkWithFormatting.cs

// Remove watermarks with specific text formatting from a PDF using C#
using (Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("path/Watermarks.pdf"))
{
    TextFormattingSearchCriteria criteria = new TextFormattingSearchCriteria();
    criteria.ForegroundColorRange = new ColorRange();
    criteria.ForegroundColorRange.MinHue = -5;
    criteria.ForegroundColorRange.MaxHue = 10;
    criteria.ForegroundColorRange.MinBrightness = 0.01f;
    criteria.ForegroundColorRange.MaxBrightness = 0.99f;
    criteria.BackgroundColorRange = new ColorRange();
    criteria.BackgroundColorRange.IsEmpty = true;
    criteria.FontName = "Arial";
    criteria.MinFontSize = 19;
    criteria.MaxFontSize = 42;
    criteria.FontBold = true;

    PossibleWatermarkCollection possibleWatermarks = watermarker.Search(criteria);
    possibleWatermarks.Clear();

    watermarker.Save("path/removed-watermarks.pdf");
}