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Redact PDF

Permanently black out sensitive text and areas — the content underneath is destroyed, not just hidden.

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Drop your PDF file here

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📎 Choose PDF File

Drag over the page to draw black redaction boxes.

⚠️ Redaction is permanent. Each page is rebuilt as an image with the boxes burned in — the text underneath is destroyed, not hidden, and cannot be recovered from the output file. The trade-off: text in the redacted PDF is no longer selectable or searchable.

How to redact a PDF

1

Upload your PDF

Drop in the PDF you want to redact. It opens right on your device — nothing is uploaded anywhere.

2

Draw boxes over sensitive content

Drag across names, numbers or whole sections. Switch pages to redact more, and undo any box before applying.

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Apply and download

The pages are rebuilt with the boxes burned in permanently. What was underneath is gone for good.

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