Redact PDF
Black out names, numbers and anything else before you share a PDF. The text under the boxes is removed, not just covered.
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About Redact PDF
Before you share a bank statement, contract, medical report or court document, hide what the other side should not see: names, addresses, account numbers, signatures. Drawing a black box in most PDF editors only covers the text, and it can still be copied out underneath. TrustPDF turns every page you redact into an image with the black boxes burned in, so the text under them is really gone. And because nothing is uploaded, the unredacted original is never sent to anyone.
How to redact a PDF
- Drop the PDF into the box, or click it to choose it.
- Drag rectangles over what you want to hide, or type a word and click “Find and mark” (or use the email and phone buttons).
- Check every page with the arrows; click the × on a box to remove it.
- Click “Redact PDF”, then save the redacted file.
Everything happens in your browser; nothing is uploaded. Very large files (over ~100 MB) can be slow on phones.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to redact it?
No. TrustPDF runs entirely in your web browser using JavaScript. Your file is read and processed on your own device and is never sent to a server. The site's Content-Security-Policy does not allow the page to send anything to any other site, and you can check the open-source code on GitHub.
Is the redacted text really removed?
Yes. Each page with a black box is rebuilt as an image with the box drawn in, so the original text, images and layers under the box are not in the new file at all. Pages without boxes are kept as they are. The document's metadata (title, author, dates) is also left out.
Can I still select and search text on redacted pages?
Not on the pages you redacted, because they become images. If you need searchable text, run the redacted file through OCR PDF on this site; it only finds the text that is still visible.
Does “Find and mark” catch every occurrence?
It finds the word or pattern in the PDF's text layer, page by page. It cannot see text inside scanned images, and a phrase broken across two lines may be missed, so always check every page before saving.
What about scanned documents?
Draw boxes by hand over what you want to hide. Scanned pages are already images, and the redacted page is rebuilt from the picture with the boxes burned in.
