PDF Redactor

Runs entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded.

Source (AGPL-3.0)

1. Open

Choose PDFs or drop them here

2. Find

Words or phrases (one per line) Regular expressions (one per line)

Common patterns

Match case

Show the text search can see

If something was missed, check how it appears here. Letter-spaced text shows up as "J o h n", and scanned pages show nothing.

Page

3. Draw boxes

Turn on Draw boxes above the pages, then drag over anything search can't find: signatures, photos, scanned text.

4. Options

Draw black boxes Images under a box Vector graphics Remove metadata (title, author, XMP) Remove attachments Remove bookmarks Remove comments, links and form fields Remove accessibility tags (they can contain alt text) Show hidden layers so they can be searched

5. Redact

The redacted file is a fresh copy with no password and no edit history. Your original isn't changed.

Open a PDF to begin.