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Redact PDF Content

Black out text and images in a PDF and remove them for real: each redacted page is redrawn as an image, so the covered text cannot be copied or extracted.

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Select PDF
Drop the PDF that contains the sensitive content, or click to pick one
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Select areas to redact
Draw rectangles over text or images, search for words, or find personal data such as SSNs, emails and card numbers
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Download
Download your redacted PDF with content permanently removed

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the redacted content truly removed?

Yes. Each redacted page is redrawn as an image, and the original page is deleted from the saved file along with its text, comments, and form values. Text you redact is also removed from the document title, metadata and bookmark names, whether a search found it or a drawn box covers it. Under a box that means its phrases and its whole words of four letters or more; the result lists any shorter word it left. The saved file is then searched for what you redacted. Short or plain single words under a box cannot be searched for without matching the file's own structure, so the result lists those as not checked. A box over a scanned page has no text to compare, so the result says to check the title yourself. Attached files and hidden application data are removed from the saved file, because they can hold a copy of what you redacted, and the result says how many files went.

Can I search for text to redact?

Yes. You can search for specific words or phrases and redact all occurrences at once, including in comments and form fields. Each match is boxed to its own letters, not the whole line.

Can it find personal data automatically?

Yes. Find personal data scans page text, comments, form fields (hidden ones too) and link targets for US Social Security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, card numbers (checked with the Luhn checksum) and IBANs (checked with their checksum). Uncheck any false positives, then mark the rest. Scanned pages have no text to search; run OCR first or draw boxes on them.

Can an AI agent redact a PDF here?

Yes. In a browser with WebMCP the page offers redact_pdf and find_pdf_redactions, and headless browsers can call window.loft.tools.invoke('redact-pdf'). The agent gets a report of what was redacted where, the result of the file check, a receipt with the SHA-256 of both files, and the redacted PDF.

Does this preserve bookmarks and form fields?

Pages without redactions are kept as they were. A page that holds a redaction is replaced by an image of itself, so its text is no longer selectable and its links, form fields and annotations are dropped. Bookmarks and links that point at a redacted page open its image. Attached files are not kept, and a form field that no page shows is removed.

Tool history

Updated Nov 4, 2026 · 24 updates
  • Nov 4, 2026fixremove deleted pages from the PDF file, not only from its page list
  • Nov 4, 2026fixremove text a drawn box covers from the title, metadata and bookmarks
  • Nov 4, 2026fixremove attachments and hidden application data from a redacted file
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