Redact PDF
Cover sensitive areas with permanent black boxes — perfect for documents you share publicly.
Drop a PDF to redact
or click to select · up to 100 MB
Drag on the page to draw black boxes over sensitive areas. Hover a box and click the × to remove it. Switch pages to redact more.
Important: This tool draws black rectangles over the content. The underlying text/image data is still in the PDF — search tools and copy-paste might still reveal it. For legal-grade redaction, use this together with the PDF-to-Image tool to rasterize the result, then re-save as PDF.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the text under the black box still extractable?
Possibly — this is visual redaction. If true bulletproof redaction is required, run the output through our PDF-to-Image tool at high DPI, then Image-to-PDF back. That guarantees no underlying text remains.
Can I use different colors?
We use opaque black by default (the redaction standard). A white/neutral option may be added later for certain use cases.
Can I redact multiple pages at once?
Yes — switch pages using the page number input. Boxes persist per page until you clear or apply.