Redact PDF

01 — Your document

Black boxes don't
delete anything.

Drawing a rectangle over a name leaves the name in the file — copy-paste gets it back. This tool takes the text out of the page and then proves it: your file is reopened and searched before you download it. Everything runs in this browser.

  • Nothing is uploaded No endpoint on our side accepts a document.
  • Text is removed, not covered Redacted pages are rebuilt from an image of the page.
  • Checked, then handed over We reopen the result and search it for what you hid.

Remove text, images and marks for good.

Document

or drop it here

Find and cover

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Drag on the page to cover an area, or click a word.

Covered areas 0

    Nothing covered yet.

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      Output quality

      Recommended: a reviewer note can hold the same name you just covered.

      Why black boxes fail

      Why is a black rectangle not enough?

      A — draw a box

      Employee: John Brown

      Account: GB29NWBK60161331926819

      select all → copy → paste:
      Employee: John Brown

      B — remove the text

      Employee:

      Account:

      select all → copy → paste:
      Employee:

      Metadata counts too

      Scans are a different case

      A rectangle is drawn on top of the page. The text under it is still an object in the file, so copy-paste, text extraction or a different reader gives it straight back.

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      Questions

      Does the document leave my computer?

      Will my redacted pages still be searchable?

      Can the fields be filled in Acrobat?