# How to make annotations view-only

**URL:** <https://pdfjs.community/t/how-to-make-annotations-view-only/90>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/how-to-make-annotations-view-only/90 "2020-06-25T04:35:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![rabiraj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@rabiraj](https://pdfjs.community/u/rabiraj)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/how-to-make-annotations-view-only/90/1 "2020-06-25T04:35:36Z")

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How do we allow only to view annotation, but not change/delete or add any annotation?  
The context menu should also be disabled.

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**Author:** ![asafonov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@asafonov](https://pdfjs.community/u/asafonov)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://pdfjs.community/t/how-to-make-annotations-view-only/90/2 "2020-06-25T14:57:32Z")

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You can set them as readonly, you can refer to this guide for more info: [https://pdfjs.express/documentation/annotation/annotation-permissions](https://pdfjs.express/documentation/annotation/annotation-permissions).