Redact a PDF —the text is removed, not just covered

Drop your PDF, drag a black box over anything you want hidden, then click Apply & Download. Every page you drew on is rebuilt so the boxed text is gone — and the new PDF downloads instantly.

Really removed. Many tools just draw a black rectangle on top, so the original text is still in the file and can be copied or extracted. We rebuild each redacted page as a flat image with the boxed content erased, so there's no hidden text left to recover.

No. On a redacted page there is no selectable text layer left at all — the page is a flattened image with solid black over the redacted areas. Copy, search, and text-extraction all come back empty for the hidden content.

They're left exactly as they were, with their text still selectable and searchable. Only the pages you drew a box on are rebuilt, so the rest of your document is untouched.

No. The redaction runs in your browser. Your PDF bytes stay on your device — nothing is sent to a server to do the redaction.