Redact PDF
Draw redaction boxes or search for text to permanently black out sensitive information from your PDF — all in your browser.
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PDF up to 50MB
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Why choose ours?
Private, permanent, free
Most competitors upload your file to their server. Ours never does — redaction happens entirely in your browser.
| Feature | SmallPDF | Sejda | Adobe Acrobat | Ours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free & unlimited | ✗ Paid | ✗ 3/hour | ✗ Paid | ✓ |
| No account needed | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Files stay in browser | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No ads or interruptions | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Draw redaction boxes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search & redact text | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Permanently destroys text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Undo / redo | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
Competitor information was accurate at time of publication and may have changed.