Save PDF with selected layers

I have a Ai with severel layers. I want to save only a few in a PDF and make the other invisible. How comes they all show up sometimes anyway??

When you print you see these options.
Change to visible, and only the visible layers will make be shown in your pdf.
Think of the "Print Layers" should really be called "Print & PDF Layers"

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why does Illustrator CS4 save pdfs with clipping paths and make rasters of gradient areas
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I do a save as "pdf" in the format pull down tab. I save to a folder on the hard drive. Where is the "Illustrator editability" check box? I presumed it is in Acrobat some where
but i seem to be lost.
It is in Illustrator's Save Adobe PDF dialog, which pops up before the saved file is written.
https://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-6439399-644928/450-397/Untitl ed-1.jpg
Sorry i didn't mention this, but this seems to have occurred when using images and text from provided pdfs.
That's a critical fact. If you didn't do the original save, the above is moot, and it's too late to exercise any control over the save process. Someone else failed to save for editability. The only thing you can do is clean up/repair the content, (release clipping masks, rebuild rasterized elements, expand objects, etc.), and save correctly as AI. Then, if necessary, re-save as PDF with the correct settings.
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