⬛ Redact PDF
Permanently remove sensitive text or regions
✓ Free Forever · ✓ No Signup · ✓ No Upload · ✓ Works Offline
🔒 Your documents never leave your device. All processing happens locally in your browser using pdf.js + pdf-lib (matched pages rebuilt as images, output re-checked). No upload, no server, no tracking.
Features
- True Redaction — Content is removed, not just covered — copy/paste and OCR can't recover it.
- Search & Redact — Enter a string (name, number, email) and redact every occurrence automatically.
- Whole-Page Rebuild — Every page with a match is re-drawn as an image with the bars burnt in — no hidden text, fonts or layers survive on it.
- 100% Private — Redaction runs in your browser.
How It Works
- Upload PDF — Drop your file.
- Select content — Type the words or phrases to remove, one per line.
- Apply — Click Apply Redactions to remove the content.
- Download — Save the redacted PDF.
Use Cases
- Remove names and addresses from legal filings
- Redact patient details before sharing medical reports
- Hide credit card numbers on scanned receipts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is redaction reversible?
No — content is permanently removed. Keep a copy of the original.
Does search redaction work on scanned PDFs?
No. A scanned page is a picture with no text layer, so the search finds nothing — the tool says so instead of handing back an unchanged file.
Upload to server?
No. All redaction is local.
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