Est. 2026
PDF / Redact
Draw black boxes on the preview. They are burned into the page — not a white rectangle you can delete in a viewer.
Last checked: September 2026. Confirm millimetres, pixels, and KB on the official form. Not a government website.
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Draw black boxes on the preview. Ink is burned in — this is not hiding text with a white rectangle in a viewer.
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Drop the PDF. Draw black boxes on the preview.
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Switch pages if you need more than page 1.
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Burn in. Hidden text can remain in some files — confirm for legal work.
Black rectangles are drawn onto the page in this tab. That covers what you see. Some PDFs still hold a text layer underneath. For court or HR discovery, use a dedicated redaction suite if you must prove the glyphs are gone. Last checked: September 2026.
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The box covers the pixels of the page. Hidden text layers can remain in some PDFs. For legal discovery, confirm with a proper redaction suite.
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Related systems
01 / pdf
AcroForm text and checkboxes are listed from the file. Flatten afterwards if the portal rejects live fields. Not a government e-file.
02 / pdf
Form widgets become static ink so portals that reject live fields will take the file. Not OCR.
03 / pdf
Clears title, author, dates, and the Info dictionary. Encrypted PDFs may fail. File never uploaded.