Redacting PDFs

ONLYOFFICE PDF Editor allows you to black out, i.e. redact, sensitive information in a .pdf. You can redact information in one of the three ways: manually mark text for redaction, redact whole pages, or find and automatically redact words and phrases.

In order to redact information:

  1. Go to the Redact tab.

    Redact tab

  2. Choose your preferred way to redact text:
    • Mark for Redaction - manually select the text for redaction as you would with the basic selection tool.
    • Redact Pages - choose whether you want to mark current page or select a range of pages for redaction.
    • Find & Redact - switch to the Search tool and enter the text piece you want to redact.
      • Choose whether you want to mark just the current match (Mark for Redaction) or all matches (Mark All) in your .pdf.
      • Customize your search parameters by making the search case sensitive or by matching whole words only.
  3. Click the Apply Redactions button on the top toolbar to apply your changes.