Hide names, account numbers and other private details before you share a document. Draw solid boxes over anything you want covered and save the result. It is free, runs in your browser, and needs no upload and no account.
Redact PDF — Start Free →Drag a box over any text or image to block it out, on as many pages as you need.
Use black for a classic redaction, white to blank out a field, or any other colour.
Reposition or delete a box at any time, and step back with Undo.
Sensitive documents stay on your device — the PDF is never uploaded to a server.
Click the upload button or drag and drop your PDF file. Your file stays on your device — nothing is sent to any server.
Open a page and drag over each piece of text you want hidden. Pick the box colour and move between pages using the page list.
Click Export PDF and your redacted PDF saves directly to your device. Fast, free, and private.
The box is part of the exported PDF and cannot be switched off in a viewer, but the content underneath is not deleted. The covered text is still stored in the file and could be recovered by selecting or extracting it. If the information must be unrecoverable, print the redacted PDF to a new image-based PDF or use dedicated redaction software.
Redacted areas are covered with a solid box. Choose black for a classic redaction, white to blank out a field, or any other colour.
Yes. Draw a box over any area: text, images or both.
Not on its own. Because the covered text remains inside the file, this tool is suited to hiding details visually. For legal, medical or financial documents where the information must be unrecoverable, use dedicated redaction software and follow your organisation's data handling policy.
Yes. Draw as many boxes as you need, on any pages.
No. The PDF is opened and saved inside your browser, so it never leaves your device and nothing is stored on a server.