How to Redact a PDF
Need to share a document but hide a few lines, an account number, a name? Serbabisa's Redact PDF tool doesn't just draw a box on top, it rasterizes every page and burns the black boxes into the image, so what's underneath is genuinely gone, not just hidden.
OPEN THE TOOLRedact PDFStep by step
- 1Open the Redact PDF tool
Choose Redact PDF from the directory to open the dropzone.
- 2Drop your PDF
Drag the file in or click to browse. Serbabisa renders a thumbnail of every page so you can see exactly what you're marking.
- 3Draw a box over anything you want to hide
Click and drag over any text or image on any page. Draw as many boxes as you need, and click a box to remove it if you change your mind.
- 4Redact and download
Press Redact & flatten, then download the PDF with those areas permanently blacked out.
Frequently asked
Is the content under the box really gone, or just covered up?
Really gone. Every page, not only the ones you mark, is rasterized into a flat image and the black boxes are burned into that image, so there's no text or vector data left underneath to copy or extract.
Will the rest of the PDF still have selectable text after this?
No, redacting rasterizes the whole document into images, the same way Compress PDF or Grayscale PDF do, so no page keeps selectable or searchable text afterward, not just the redacted areas.
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. Redaction happens entirely in your browser tab, so the file never leaves your device.
Ready to try it?
Do it now, and your file never leaves the tab.