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Drag boxes over anything sensitive — the content underneath is permanently removed, not just hidden.
Drag boxes over anything sensitive — the content underneath is permanently removed, not just hidden.
This tool lets you redact a PDF free online and truly remove sensitive content — not just cover it with a black rectangle. Draw a box over any name, number or detail and the content underneath is permanently deleted, so it can't be copied out or recovered. Upload your PDF, mark what to hide, and download a clean, redacted file — no signup, no watermark.
It's a complete PDF information remover. Redact text in a PDF online free by drawing boxes, redact a whole page at once, or search for a word or pattern and redact every match automatically. There's also a Remove hidden metadata option that strips the author, timestamps and other hidden data most people forget about. Redaction runs on the server and your files are deleted after processing, so private documents stay private.
To redact a PDF free online means to permanently remove sensitive information from it — not just draw a black box on top. That distinction matters: a black rectangle added in many editors still leaves the real text underneath, so anyone can copy it out or lift the box. Proper redaction deletes the underlying content. Upload your PDF here, mark what should go, and the tool removes it for good before you download.
There are three ways to mark content. Draw a box directly over any name, number, address or image to redact just that area. Use the whole-page option to redact an entire page at once. Or type a word or phrase into the search field and redact every match across the document — turn on the regex option to match patterns like account numbers or emails. This makes it easy to redact text in a PDF online free without hunting through every page by hand.
Sensitive data isn't only what you can see. PDFs carry hidden metadata — the author name, software, and creation and edit timestamps — that can reveal more than you intend. Tick Remove hidden metadata and the tool works as a PDF information remover, stripping that data along with your visual redactions, so the file you share is clean inside and out.
When you're done, download the redacted PDF. Redaction runs on the server and your files are deleted automatically after processing, so confidential documents stay confidential. It's a fast, free and reliable way to remove sensitive information from a PDF — permanently, with nothing left behind to recover.
Upload your PDF, draw boxes over anything sensitive or search text to redact every match, then download. The content under each box is permanently removed — free, with no signup or watermark.
It's really gone. Unlike drawing a black box in a basic editor, this tool permanently deletes the content underneath, so it can't be copied out or recovered from the redacted PDF.
Yes. Type a word or phrase into the search field and every match is redacted across the document. Turn on the regex option to redact patterns like emails, phone or account numbers.
Yes. Tick Remove hidden metadata and the tool acts as a PDF information remover, stripping the author, software and timestamp data along with your visual redactions.
Yes. Use the whole-page option to redact an entire page in one click, or draw individual boxes for precise redactions — you can mix both in the same document.
Yes. Redaction runs on the server and your files are processed securely and deleted automatically after a short time. Nothing is stored long-term or shared.
Yes. Redacting a PDF here is completely free, with no signup and no watermark, on desktop and mobile.