Free PDF Redactor
Permanently redact sensitive content in your browser — no uploads.
100% Private & Secure
Common Use Cases for PDF Redactor
- PII Removal: Black out names, addresses, and personal identifiers before sharing documents externally.
- Legal Discovery Prep: Mark privileged or sensitive passages for removal before producing documents to opposing counsel.
- HR Document Sharing: Redact salary, SSN, or medical details from HR PDFs shared across teams.
- Financial Statements: Hide account numbers and confidential figures when circulating reports.
- Customer Support Logs: Remove emails, phone numbers, and tokens from PDF exports before attaching to tickets.
- Public Records Release: Sanitize FOIA or transparency PDFs so only releasable content remains visible.
What You Can Do
True Redaction
Secure export burns marked regions so content cannot be selected underneath a black box.
Find & Mark
Search the document, redact matches, or draw rectangles freely.
Sanitize Export
Strip metadata, annotations, forms, and embedded files on download.
Stays Local
Processing uses pdf.js and pdf-lib in your browser only.
FAQ
Continue Your Workflow
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PDF Metadata Editor
Inspect remaining metadata after redaction
View and edit PDF metadata like title, author, subject, keywords, and dates.
PDF Lock
Password-protect the redacted PDF
Password protect any PDF — encrypt and set permissions, entirely in your browser.
PDF Unlock
Unlock encrypted PDFs before redacting
Remove password protection from any PDF — unlock and save, entirely in your browser.
PDF Compress
Reduce size after rasterized pages
Reduce PDF file size without losing quality. Adjust image resolution, quality, and more.
PDF Reader
Preview the document first
Open and view PDF files in your browser. Inspect metadata and document properties.