Redact text from a PDF

Type the words or phrases to remove. Every occurrence is found, covered with a black box, and — critically — the underlying text is physically deleted from the file, so it can't be copied, searched, or recovered.

That last part is what separates real redaction from the black-rectangle mistakes that have embarrassed governments and law firms.

How it works
  1. 1

    Upload your PDF.

  2. 2

    List the terms to redact, separated by commas.

  3. 3

    Download the redacted PDF — processed in memory, never stored.

Redaction is applied with PDF-native removal (the same mechanism professional tools use): the text objects are destroyed, not hidden.

The response tells you how many occurrences were found and removed, so nothing fails silently.

Term-based redaction finds text matches. Text inside images (scans) requires OCR-region redaction, which this v1 does not do — run scans through OCR first and verify visually.

Redact PDF — questions

Can redacted text be recovered?

No — the text objects are physically removed from the file, not covered up.

Is my sensitive file stored?

No — redaction is stateless: in memory, streamed back, forgotten. That's the whole design.

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