Redact PDF by Text – Find and Black Out Words, Emails and Numbers
Type the words to hide, or tick emails, phone numbers and long numbers. Every match is blacked out and the text underneath is removed for good.
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PDF with selectable text · stays on your device
Questions
Is the hidden text really gone?
Yes. A page with a match is replaced by a picture with black boxes burned in, so there is no text left underneath to copy or search.
What about scanned PDFs?
Scans have no text to search. Run the OCR PDF tool first, then redact the searchable result.
Can it miss a match?
Matches are found inside one line of text at a time. Always look over the result before sharing it, and draw boxes by hand with our Redact PDF tool for anything missed.