Delete all form fields in one go

Hi
I am using Acrobat X Pro.
While running the accessibility check on my PDF, I got an error that there are many form fields that are not tagged to the structure. When I highlighted the fields, I noticed that all these form fields are redundant and can be safely removed. Is there a way I can remove them in one go for the entire PDF document? I saw that there is page-level deletion option where I need to do a Select All and Delete. But how about entire document level?
Few of my colleagues have Acrobat XI Pro. If this is not possible in X Pro, please let me know we can do it in XI Pro. I can check that out as well.
Sreekanth

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