How to Redact a PDF Online
Upload a PDF, review sensitive data suggestions, mark private areas, clean metadata, and download a permanently redacted PDF in minutes.
Upload PDF to start redacting
Drag and drop your PDF here, or browse from your device.
How It Works
Follow these five steps to permanently remove sensitive content from your PDF.
Upload Your PDF
Drag and drop your PDF or click to browse. Your file is uploaded securely over HTTPS to temporary processing.
Review Detected Sensitive Data
Review suggestions for emails, phone numbers, SSNs, credit cards, and other patterns. Accept or reject each detection.
Mark Extra Private Areas
Draw boxes around any additional sensitive content the auto-detection may have missed. You control what gets redacted.
Apply Permanent Redaction
Click to permanently remove selected content. Content is eliminated at the data level, not just covered.
Download Your Redacted PDF
Get your permanently redacted PDF with metadata cleaned. Original files are scheduled for auto-deletion.
What Should You Redact?
Different documents contain different types of sensitive information. Here are common examples across document types.
Personal IDs
SSN, driver's license, passport numbers
Financial Info
Bank accounts, credit cards, tax IDs
Contact Details
Phone numbers, email addresses, addresses
Signatures
Digital and ink signatures
Dates of Birth
Personal birth dates
Medical Info
Patient IDs, diagnosis codes, insurance
Why Permanent Redaction Matters
Adding a black rectangle over text may not remove the underlying PDF content. True redaction should remove selected content from the output PDF so it is no longer searchable or copyable.
X Visual Black Box
- Text remains in PDF structure
- Content can be copy-pasted
- Searchable in PDF readers
- Recoverable with free tools
Permanent Redaction
- Content eliminated from file
- Cannot be copy-pasted
- Not searchable
- Cannot be recovered
Security and File Handling
Files are uploaded over HTTPS, processed temporarily for redaction, and automatically deleted according to the retention policy. RedactionPDF does not use uploaded documents to train AI models or manually review your files.
Secure Upload
Files are uploaded over HTTPS with encrypted transfer
No AI Training
Your documents are never used for AI training or human review
Auto-Delete Files
Files are automatically deleted after processing