Find it all
Search your own words, or switch on patterns for emails, phone numbers, UK NI numbers, US SSNs, IBANs, card numbers and dates. Card numbers and IBANs are checksum-checked, so random digits aren't flagged.
PDF redaction
Black it . Leave nothing underneath.
Find names, emails, phone numbers, NI numbers and card numbers, or draw boxes by hand. Every page you redact is rebuilt as an image, so the words under the bars are gone, not hidden.
- Runs in your browser
- Files never uploaded
- Up to 5 pages free
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Burn it in
Redacted pages are re-drawn as pictures with the bars painted on. The text, fonts and anything hidden under the box are left out of the file, so copy-paste and search find nothing.
Prove it
After export, RedactKit reopens the new PDF and reads every page back. It tells you how much text is left on each redacted page (it should be none) and whether any redacted term can still be found.
Strip the metadata
Author, title, software, dates and the hidden XMP record are removed on export. The metadata tab shows what a file gives away, and lets you edit or clear it.
A black box isn’t redaction
A black box drawn over text usually leaves every word in the file, under the bar. Here is the same line, three ways.
1. Found
Employee: Jane Example
Mobile: 07700 900123
NI: AB 12 34 56 C
Highlighted for review
2. Covered with a box
Employee: Jane Example
Mobile: 07700 900123
NI: AB 12 34 56 C
Select all, copy, paste: Jane Example 07700 900123 AB 12 34 56 C
Text still in the file
3. Redacted by RedactKit
Employee: Jane Example
Mobile: 07700 900123
NI: AB 12 34 56 C
Page rebuilt · 0 characters left
Your words
Jane Exampleany case, across line breaksEmails
jane@example.comany domainPhone numbers
07700 900123UK, US, internationalNI numbers
AB 12 34 56 CHMRC prefix rulesUS SSNs
123-45-6789invalid ranges skippedIBANs
GB82 WEST 1234…mod-97 checkedCard numbers
4111 1111 1111 1111Luhn checkedDates
14/03/1986for dates of birthFree up to 5 pages. Then pay per document.
A credit covers one document of any length. Re-export the same file as often as you need without paying again. No subscription, and credits never expire.
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Questions
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. RedactKit reads, renders and rebuilds the PDF inside your browser tab. The file never leaves your device. The only thing sent to our server is a credit check, for documents over 5 pages, carrying your key and a fingerprint of the file (a hash, not the file).
Why are redacted pages turned into images?
Because it is the simplest way to be sure nothing is left. A black box drawn on a PDF is usually just a shape on top of the text, and the text is still there to copy. RedactKit re-draws each redacted page as a picture with the bars painted on, and leaves the original page out of the new file.
What happens to pages with no redactions?
They are copied across with their text selectable and searchable. Comments, form fields and links that jump to another page are removed from them, so nothing on a kept page can point back to a redacted one; form values are printed into the page first where possible. Web links stay. Tick 'Rebuild every page as an image' if you want the whole document flattened.
Will it find text in a scanned PDF?
No. A scanned page is already a picture with no text layer, so search finds nothing on it. RedactKit tells you which pages have no text, and you can draw boxes on them by hand.
What counts as a document for credits?
One PDF, any number of pages. Exporting the same file again (say, after adding a box you missed) is free. Documents up to 5 pages never use a credit.
Does it remove metadata?
Yes. Every export drops the document information (title, author, creator software, dates), the XMP metadata record, page-level metadata, bookmarks, attachments and form scripts. The Metadata tab shows what is in a file before you clean it.