Mark names, numbers, signatures or images and this tool deletes them from the file itself, not just hides them under a box. It all happens inside your browser.
or choose a file from your device
Redacted pages were rebuilt as flat images, so the covered text and graphics no longer exist in the file. Pages you didn't mark keep their selectable text. Your original file is untouched.
It opens directly in the page using your browser's own PDF engine. No network request involved.
Search for words and patterns like emails and phone numbers, or drag boxes over anything, including images and signatures.
Marked pages are redrawn with the black boxes burned in, then saved as a new PDF on your device.
Redacting is for sensitive documents. Uploading one to a stranger's server to remove its secrets defeats the point.
Many tools only paint a box over the text, and the words can still be copied out. Here the page is rebuilt so there's nothing underneath.
Once this page is loaded, redacting a file doesn't need the network again.
It's real. Each page with a redaction is redrawn as an image with the black boxes burned in, and the original text, images and hidden layers on that page are discarded. Nothing sits underneath the boxes to be copied, searched or recovered.
No. The file is read and processed inside your browser tab. No server receives it, and there is no account. Closing the tab clears everything.
Because those pages are now images. That's what makes the removal permanent. Pages you didn't mark are copied across unchanged and keep their selectable text.
No, and that is intended. Keep your original file if you may need the unredacted version. Before downloading, you can remove any box with its × button, or use Undo and Clear all.
Scanned PDFs and photos of documents have no text to search, so draw boxes by hand instead. Text split oddly by the original software, such as an email broken across lines, may also be missed, so always scan the pages before you redact.
Yes. Drag a box over any area of the page. Everything inside it, whether text, image or vector graphic, is blacked out and removed from the rebuilt page.
The new file starts with blank title, author, subject and keywords. Bookmarks, embedded attachments and form data are not carried over, which avoids leaking information from places you can't see.
Not directly. Remove the password in your PDF viewer first, then redact the unlocked copy.
Yes. On a touch screen, turn "Draw boxes" off to scroll the pages and on to draw. There's no upload cap, but very large files depend on your device's memory, so use the Compact setting if a long document runs slowly.