Release all the clipping masks?

Hello world... Please help me!

I am regularly required to work with former PDFs for my business, I have to open in Illustrator to amend and update (we don't have access to original of .ai files).

Every time I started working on these files I have to spend ages just unconnecting the elements of the work, usually by right-clicking and choosing "release clipping mask.

Is it possible to simply unplug everything when you open an old document pdf in Illustrator?

Ta mo chroi bhriste

(she has my heart broken - in Irish!)

Sincere love to all

Bryan

First, set your filling and stroking the two votes to zero. Make sure that all the layers, and the art is unlocked. Then go to Select > same > background & contour. Clipping masks usually do not have a fill and stroke, so this should select all. Then you can simply press the delete key to remove and release everything.

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