Redact a PDF — removed for real, not just covered
Drag boxes over what should disappear; the text underneath is truly gone.
Redact PDF now — free →Famous redaction failures share one mistake: a black rectangle drawn over text that is still there, one copy-paste away from a scandal. Bindery is built so that mistake is impossible — pages you redact are re-rendered as flat images with the boxes burned in. The text underneath does not become hidden; it ceases to exist in the file.
Draw boxes on a live page preview, page by page, with undo. And because redaction jobs are by nature the ones you least want on someone else’s server: bindery runs entirely in your browser — your file is never uploaded, so there is nothing to delete from a server afterwards.
How it works
- Drop your PDF and open Redact
- Drag black boxes over sensitive areas, on any pages
- Download — redacted pages carry no hidden text
Questions people ask
Is the text really removed, or just covered?
Really removed. Redacted pages are re-rendered as images with the boxes burned in — there is no text layer left underneath to copy or search.
Do untouched pages change?
No — only pages with redaction boxes are rasterized; every other page keeps its original selectable text.
Is my document uploaded for redaction?
No. The entire process runs in your browser.