Redact without handing it over first
True PDF redaction (actually deleting the text under the bars, not just covering it), metadata stripping, image EXIF/GPS removal, face & region masking, and automatic PII detection — all in your browser. We run no file server, so your files have nowhere to be uploaded.
- Processed in your browser
- Works offline
- Free forever · no account
This medical record was "redacted" with black boxes. Tap to see what's still under them.
- Name
- Jordan A. Maxwell
- SSN
- 524-19-2287
- Diagnosis
- Type II Diabetes
The thing that matters here
A black box isn't redaction
Most "redaction" just stacks a black rectangle over the text. It looks covered on screen, but the underlying text objects are untouched — select-all and copy, run any parser, even OCR, and what you thought you hid comes back verbatim.
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The text is still under the bar
The Manafort and Epstein files leaked because the text under the boxes was still copyable.
- 02
We actually delete the text
Pages with redactions are rasterized whole and the bars burned into the pixels — text is physically gone, beyond copy, parse, or OCR.
- 03
Metadata cleared too
Redacting but forgetting the author / timestamp is the most common silent leak. We strip it by default, so you never miss Sanitize like in Adobe.
iLovePDF and Smallpdf upload your file to their servers to process it. We have no server to upload to — your file never leaves this device.
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PDF redaction, image privacy, PII detection — one site, files never uploaded.
PDF redaction (true delete)
Draw black bars that actually remove the underlying text — not just cover it
Open toolFake-redaction detector / PDF inspector
See in one second whether text under the black bars is still copyable
Open toolPDF metadata removal
Wipe author, creator app, and create/modify timestamps that expose who you are
Image EXIF / GPS removal
Strip the location, time, camera model, and serial number baked into your photos
EXIF viewer
See exactly what an image is carrying — including where its GPS points
Blur / pixelate / black-out image regions
Select what to hide, pick Gaussian blur / pixelate / solid black — burned into pixels
Automatic face blur
Detect and blur / pixelate every face in an image in one click
Screenshot redaction
Paste or drop a screenshot and quickly hide phone numbers, order IDs, DMs
Automatic PII detection
Scan a PDF or pasted text for emails, SSNs, credit cards, China ID numbers and more
Verifiable, not "trust us"
Every redaction comes with a receipt you can check
Competitors ask you to believe the file is clean. We turn "did it actually work" into three pre-export checks — text layer physically deleted, metadata cleared, copy-paste comes back empty. You can see it before you share it.
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Our privacy promise
Your files never leave this device. Everything runs in your browser — our servers never receive, store, or log your files.