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Redact parts of a PDF

Drag rectangles over anything you want hidden; the boxes are burned into the saved file.

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How to use it

  1. Choose a PDF.
  2. Drag over the areas to hide.
  3. Save and download.

Questions

Can the hidden text be recovered?

The box is drawn permanently into the page. For maximum safety, also run the result through our compress tool, which rasterises the page.

Does this upload my file?

No.

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