Redact PDF

Draw black boxes over sensitive content on any page. Redactions are burned into the PDF as solid rectangles. Processed entirely in your browser.

Important: This tool draws opaque black rectangles over the visible content. It does not remove underlying text from the PDF data stream. For legally-compliant redaction of sensitive documents, use dedicated professional software.

Drag & drop your PDF file here

or click to browse

Supported format: PDF

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How to redact a PDF

1

Upload & Preview

Upload your PDF and click Load Preview to render the first page.

2

Draw Redaction Boxes

Click and drag on the page to draw black boxes. Navigate between pages to redact content on multiple pages.

3

Apply & Download

Click Apply Redactions to burn the black rectangles into the PDF and download the result.