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Redact a PDF (Safely)

Black out sensitive text and images so they are actually gone, not just hidden under a box that can be copied off. Draw your redaction boxes and the page is rasterized — the underlying content is destroyed in the output. Critical for privileged, PII, or confidential material, and it all happens on your device.

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Redact PDF

Drag a box anywhere on the page to mark redactions. Pick a reason first (Privilege, Attorney-Client, etc.) and every box you draw gets that reason burned in as a label. Switch reasons anytime — each new box uses the currently-selected reason. On apply, redacted pages are rasterized and the marked areas are painted opaque black before embedding, so the underlying text, vectors, and images are physically destroyed in the output, not just covered.

DROP PDF HERE
or click to upload

Drop a PDF above to start. Drag on the page to draw a redaction. Click the big red × on a box to remove it.

How it works

  1. Open your PDF and navigate to the page.
  2. Draw boxes over anything that must be removed.
  3. The tool rasterizes each redacted page so hidden data cannot be recovered.
  4. Download the safely redacted PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Is this safer than drawing a black rectangle in a PDF editor?
Much safer. A drawn rectangle often leaves the original text selectable underneath. This tool rasterizes the page, so redacted content is permanently destroyed.
Can redacted text be recovered?
No — once the page is flattened to an image with the box applied, the original text and images beneath it no longer exist in the file.
Do my files upload anywhere?
No. Redaction runs entirely in your browser.

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