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Redact PDF

Remove client names, prices or case numbers from a PDF before it moves to the next reviewer, with every match found by one search. Your file stays in your browser.

Choose a PDF

One PDF up to 20 MB and 100 pages. The PDF engine (about 5 MB) downloads on first use.

Choose one PDF to start.

Try an example

Download sample PDF

Search for 148.50 to mark both totals, then drag an area over the signature image. In the downloaded PDF, 148.50 cannot be found or copied, the image area is black, and the heading and the Keep this line text remain.

What to expect

Redaction removes the text under each marked area, erases the pixels of images inside it and fills the area with black. Text only partly inside an area is cut at the character level: check the edges in the preview. Before a download is offered, the saved file is checked: no text can be extracted from any marked area.

Annotations and form fields on pages with marks are flattened into the page first, so they are no longer editable there. Document properties, bookmarks, attachments and text on unmarked pages are not changed; remove sensitive document properties separately. Search finds text only; scanned pages need drawn areas.

Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first. Up to 500 marked areas. Opening allows 45 seconds; redaction stops after two minutes. Rewriting a PDF invalidates digital signatures.

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A practical guide

Redact PDF content before the next handoff

  1. Upload the PDF that is about to leave your team.
  2. Search for each name or number and mark every match at once.
  3. Redact, confirm the marked list and pass on the redacted copy.

Try this example

Redact every mention of a client's name in a 12-page contract draft; the copy should show black boxes where the name was and a search for it finds nothing.

Before you start: Redaction is permanent in the copy and the removed text cannot be restored; bookmarks and document properties are not changed.