Redact PDF Online Free
Permanently remove sensitive text, phone numbers, emails, and custom patterns from PDF files. True redaction — the data is completely deleted from the file, not just covered with a black box.
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Redaction is permanent and irreversible. The underlying data is completely removed from the PDF — it cannot be recovered after redaction. Download the original before proceeding.
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How It Works
Permanently remove sensitive data in three steps
Upload Your PDF
Upload the PDF containing sensitive information. All major PDF types are supported including encrypted documents (with password).
Mark What to Redact
Enable auto-detect for emails, phones, SSNs, and credit cards — or type specific names, terms, or regex patterns to find and remove.
Download Redacted PDF
Matched content is completely deleted from the PDF — text, images, and metadata. A black box or label replaces the removed region permanently.
Redaction Features
True data removal — not just black paint
True Data Removal
Unlike a black-box image overlay, our redaction deletes the underlying text and image data from the PDF structure. The content cannot be recovered by any tool.
Auto Pattern Detection
Automatically finds and redacts email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers, credit card numbers, dates of birth, and URLs across all pages.
Custom Text & Regex
Enter specific names, terms, or regular expressions to find and redact. Case-sensitive and whole-word matching options for precise targeting.
Metadata Cleaning
In addition to visible content, redaction also strips XMP metadata, document properties, and revision history that may contain sensitive author or editor information.
Redaction Styles
Choose black box, white box, or "[REDACTED]" label replacement. Pro users can customize the fill color and label text for compliance documentation.
100% Private & Secure
Your document is encrypted in transit, processed in an isolated container, and deleted within 24 hours. We never read or retain any of the redacted content.
Frequently Asked Questions
Real redaction. The underlying text and image data is permanently removed from the PDF byte stream — not just covered with a colored rectangle. Unlike simple annotation tools, our redaction means the data cannot be recovered by moving or deleting the overlay.
Yes. In addition to removing content from the page layer, the redaction process strips XMP metadata, document properties (author, title, subject), bookmarks referencing the redacted text, and revision history that might expose the original content.
No. Redaction is permanent and irreversible. Always keep a backup of the original PDF before redacting. Once data has been removed from the PDF structure, it cannot be recovered from the redacted file by any means.