⬛ 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

  1. Upload PDF — Drop your file.
  2. Select content — Type the words or phrases to remove, one per line.
  3. Apply — Click Apply Redactions to remove the content.
  4. 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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