How to Automatically Redact a PDF
1. Upload Your PDF
Select the document containing sensitive information.
2. Enter Text to Find
Provide a list of words, phrases, or patterns to redact.
3. Redact Automatically
Our tool scans the document and blacks out all instances.
4. Download Your Secure PDF
Your redacted, secure document is ready to share.
Key Features
- Bulk Redaction: Enter a list of terms to find and redact all of them throughout the entire document at once.
- Pattern Matching: Use regular expressions (regex) to find and redact patterns like phone numbers, email addresses, or social security numbers.
- Secure Redaction: Our tool doesn't just draw a black box; it truly removes the underlying text, making it unrecoverable.
- Customizable Appearance: Choose the redaction color and add padding around the text for a cleaner look.
- Client-Side Security: All processing happens in your browser, so your sensitive documents are never uploaded to a server.
Use Cases
Quickly redact personally identifiable information (PII), case numbers, and witness names from legal documents before sharing.
Prepare documents for public release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by redacting classified or exempt information.
Securely redact account numbers, transaction details, and client names from financial records before internal or external review.
Tips & Best Practices
Use Regex for Patterns
For redacting consistent patterns like emails or phone numbers, enabling "Use Regex" is far more efficient than listing every possible variation.
Always Double-Check
While our tool is powerful, it's always a good practice to quickly review the final redacted PDF to ensure no sensitive information was missed, especially in scanned documents.
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