Find and Redact
Search and redact text across all pages of a PDF. Batch redact sensitive information like account numbers, names, and more.
Upload PDF File
Drag and drop a PDF file to search and redact text.
About This Tool
Find and Redact allows you to search for specific text, numbers, or patterns across all pages of your PDF and redact all matching occurrences at once. Perfect for removing sensitive information like account numbers, names, addresses, or any confidential data.
Preview all matches before applying redactions, and selectively choose which occurrences to redact. Supports case-sensitive search, whole word matching, and regular expressions for advanced pattern matching.
Export permanently removes the selected glyphs, overlapping image pixels and touched graphics, preserving other selectable text. The new PDF removes metadata, attachments, bookmarks, annotations, links and forms, and invalidates signatures. Search only finds extractable text; manually redact scans and review unselected copies before sharing. Processing stays in your browser.
How to Use
Upload Your PDF
Drag and drop your PDF file or click to select.Search for Text
Enter the text, number, or regex pattern you want to find and redact.Review and Select
Preview all matches and select which ones to redact.Apply Redaction
Apply permanent content removal to selected matches, then review the downloaded PDF.
Use Cases
Privacy Compliance
Legal Documents
Financial Records
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, redaction permanently removes the underlying text. The output is a full rewrite without previous revisions. Unselected copies elsewhere can remain; review the result and keep a backup of the original file.
This tool works with text-based PDFs. For scanned documents, you would need to use manual area-based redaction.
Yes, you can set the redaction color, add borders, and optionally include replacement text like "[REDACTED]".
Enable "Use Regular Expression" to search using regex patterns. For example, \d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4} to find credit card numbers.