Black out sensitive information before you share a document. Draw boxes by hand or find text automatically, and the covered content is removed for good.
Drawing a black rectangle in an ordinary PDF editor only covers the words: anyone can copy the text underneath or remove the rectangle. That mistake has exposed court filings and government records. Here, every page you redact is rebuilt as an image with the black boxes burned in, so the hidden text, images and comments no longer exist in the file.
Use Find to mark a name or an account number everywhere it appears, or the quick buttons for Social Security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and card numbers. Always review the marks before saving. Pages without redactions are copied unchanged, and you can also clear the document properties. To lock the result with a password, use Protect PDF.
Covered content is removed from the file, not just hidden.
Search for any word, or SSNs, emails, phone and card numbers.
Only pages with redactions are converted to images.
Optionally clear the title, author and other properties.
Yes. Each page with a black box is turned into an image of the page with the box drawn in, so the original text on that page is not in the new file.
Because those pages are now images, which is what makes the redaction permanent. Pages without boxes keep their selectable text.
Yes. The quick-find buttons look for SSNs, email addresses, phone numbers and card numbers. Matches are marked for you to review before saving.
No. Redaction happens in your browser, which matters for exactly the kind of documents people redact.
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