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Redacting a PDF means permanently removing or obscuring sensitive information from a document by covering it with opaque rectangles. This is a critical privacy and security measure used by governments, law firms, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and individuals who need to share documents while protecting confidential data such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, bank account details, medical records, or proprietary business information.
Our free online PDF redaction tool makes this process simple and secure. Upload your PDF, draw rectangles over the areas you want to redact, choose your redaction color, and download the sanitized document. The entire process happens in your browser -- your PDF is never uploaded to any external server, which is essential when dealing with sensitive documents that require strict confidentiality.
Unlike simply placing a colored box on top of text in a word processor, proper PDF redaction ensures that the underlying content is permanently obscured in the visual layer. When you save the redacted PDF with our tool, filled rectangles are drawn directly into the PDF page content, covering the original text and making it unreadable. This is the standard approach used by professional redaction tools and is accepted in legal and compliance contexts.
Legal compliance: Many regulations require the removal of personally identifiable information (PII) before documents can be shared or published. The GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and various freedom-of-information laws all mandate that sensitive data be redacted from documents before disclosure. Failing to properly redact documents can result in severe legal penalties and reputational damage.
Protecting personal privacy: When sharing documents that contain personal information such as names, phone numbers, email addresses, or identification numbers, redaction ensures that this data is not exposed to unauthorized parties. This is particularly important when sharing court documents, medical records, employment files, or financial statements.
Business confidentiality: Companies frequently need to share documents with external parties while keeping certain information confidential. Redaction allows you to share contracts, proposals, or reports while blacking out pricing details, client names, proprietary formulas, or strategic information that should not be disclosed.
Government transparency: Government agencies use redaction extensively when releasing documents under freedom-of-information requests. Classified information, intelligence sources, and national security details must be properly redacted before documents can be made public, while still providing transparency about government operations.
Visual redaction: Click and drag to draw redaction rectangles directly over the areas you want to hide. The tool renders your PDF at high resolution so you can precisely target the text or images you need to redact. A real-time preview shows you exactly how the redacted area will look.
Multiple redaction colors: Choose from black (the standard for legal redaction), white (useful for making text disappear on white backgrounds), gray, or red. Different colors serve different purposes depending on whether you want to clearly indicate that content has been redacted or make the redaction less conspicuous.
Multi-page support: Navigate between all pages of your PDF and add redaction areas to any page. The tool tracks redactions across all pages, and when you save, every marked area on every page is permanently redacted in the output file.
Undo and manage redactions: Made a mistake? Use the undo button to remove the last redaction area, or clear all redactions on the current page. You can also view a list of all redaction areas and remove individual ones before saving. The redactions only become permanent when you click Save.
100% browser-based: Your document never leaves your device. All PDF rendering, redaction marking, and final PDF generation happen entirely in JavaScript within your browser. This client-side processing guarantees that your sensitive documents maintain their confidentiality throughout the redaction process.
When you save the redacted PDF, opaque colored rectangles are permanently drawn into the PDF page content, visually covering the underlying text. The text beneath the redaction areas remains in the PDF data stream but is covered by the filled rectangle. For the highest level of security, consider also using our tool in combination with a PDF flattener or re-rendering the pages as images before saving.
Yes, the redaction rectangles are drawn over whatever content is on the page, including images, photos, charts, and graphics. Simply draw a redaction area over the portion of the image you want to hide.
Black is the standard color for legal and official redaction, as it clearly indicates that information has been intentionally removed. White is useful when you want the redacted areas to blend with the page background. Gray provides a middle ground that is noticeable but less stark than black.
Yes, simply draw a redaction rectangle that covers the entire page. Click at the top-left corner and drag to the bottom-right corner to create a full-page redaction. This is useful when an entire page contains sensitive information that should not be disclosed.
Yes, the PDF redaction tool is completely free with a daily usage limit. Premium users enjoy unlimited usage. All processing happens in your browser with no server uploads, ensuring both speed and privacy.
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