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Upload a PDF, review sensitive data suggestions, mark private areas, clean metadata, and download a permanently redacted PDF in minutes.
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Choose manual redaction or review-first auto detection
Use manual redaction to target any visible area, or enable auto detection to surface common sensitive patterns before you review and confirm.
Manual Redaction
Draw boxes over names, signatures, account numbers, and any visible area you want to remove. Works on any PDF type.
Auto Detection
Review suggested emails, phone numbers, SSNs, IP addresses, credit cards, IBANs, routing numbers, and labeled IDs in text-based PDFs.
Automatically Find Common Sensitive Data in Text-Based PDFs
RedactionPDF can suggest emails, phone numbers, SSNs, IP addresses, credit cards, IBANs, routing numbers, and labeled IDs in text-based PDFs. You review every suggestion before applying redaction.
Why Black Boxes Are Not Enough
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.
Secure PDF Redaction Workflow
Files are uploaded over HTTPS and processed temporarily for redaction. Original PDFs are deleted after processing, and redacted PDFs stay available for up to 1 hour. 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
Temporary Processing
Files are processed temporarily and not stored permanently
Auto-Delete Files
Originals deleted after processing; redacted files stay available for up to 1 hour
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