Redact PDF
Permanently remove sensitive text or regions.
- PDF & Office
- Account required
- Runs in your browser
Add your file
Set your options
Run Redact PDF
Private by default. Runs entirely in your browser — files never uploaded.
Three steps
How to use Redact PDF
- Step 01
Pick your input
Drag a single application/pdf into the upload area, or click to browse.
- Step 02
Configure & run
Adjust the options (boxes, text, pattern) and click Run. We try the in-browser path first, falling back to our servers for large files.
- Step 03
Download the result
A single application/pdf is downloadable below the form.
When run in the browser, your file never leaves your device. When the server path is used, files are encrypted at rest and deleted an hour after upload — 24 hours if you are signed in.
About redact pdf
Black out and permanently delete sensitive text or regions from a PDF. It sits in the pdf & office shelf alongside 83 other pdf & office tools, needs no account, and keeps the same behaviour whether you open it here or call it through the REST API.
It takes a file in PDF and gives back PDF. The work happens in your browser, so the file is never uploaded and the tool keeps working offline. The same operation is available programmatically at POST /v1/pdf/redact.
Redact PDF questions
Does Redact PDF upload my file?
No. Redact PDF runs as WebAssembly inside this browser tab: the file is read from your disk by the page, processed on your own machine, and handed straight back. It is never sent anywhere, so there is nothing for us to store or delete.
Can I run Redact PDF on several files at once?
Yes. Redact PDF takes one file at a time, so selecting several runs it once per file, one after another, and you get a result for each.
Do I need an account to use Redact PDF?
No. Redact PDF works without signing in, and that is not a trial — it is how the free tier works. An account only matters for things that need one to exist at all: larger server jobs against your quota, API keys, saved workflows and billing.
Can I run Redact PDF from my own code?
Yes. Every tool on the site is reachable from the REST API with the same slug — `pdf-redact` — and the same options as this page, so anything you can do here you can automate against your own files.
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