Redact PDF

Permanently remove sensitive text from your PDF. The text is deleted from the content stream and a black box covers the location — search and copy cannot recover it.

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Every match is removed from the content stream and a black box covers its location. Search and copy of the exported PDF will NOT recover the redacted text.

How it works

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    Upload your file

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    Choose options

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    Process

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    Download result

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