Redact a 1099 without uploading it.
A 1099 ties your name and taxpayer ID to exactly what you were paid. When you only need to show the income, the SSN and the payer details do not have to come with it. KeptPDF removes what you choose and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The form never leaves your device. Review the result before you send it.
A box over the TIN still leaves it in the file.
Most redaction draws a rectangle on top. On a 1099 that means the recipient SSN or TIN, the payer's ID, and the income boxes all stay in the file, recoverable by moving the box or copying the page text.
Real redaction destroys the identifier in the form, so a covered SSN or TIN cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it runs in your browser, so the full 1099 is never uploaded to a server. You can verify it yourself in the network tab.
A filled rectangle just sits on top of the text. Move it, switch viewers, or copy the page, and the hidden content is back.
The page is flattened to an image, so the text underneath is destroyed. There is nothing left to uncover.
What a 1099 carries, and what gets removed
Auto-detect surfaces the identifiers on any 1099 variant. The income only you can judge is one click from permanent removal.
Recipient SSN or TIN
Your Social Security or taxpayer ID number is flagged so you can black out all of it, or all but the last four where that is enough.
Payer TIN and details
The payer's identification number, name, and address are detected so the other party's data does not travel on a copy either.
Income amounts you choose
Nonemployee compensation and the other boxed figures are a judgment call. Box any amount you want gone and it is permanently removed.
1099s you scanned or photographed
If your copy is a scan or a photo, KeptPDF runs OCR first so it can find and redact text inside the image.
How to redact a 1099
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your 1099
Drop your file onto the page or pick it from your device. It loads into your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.
Mark what to redact
Auto-detect finds names, dates, Social Security numbers, account numbers, and more. Draw boxes over anything else you want gone.
Download the clean copy
Save it. The marked content is permanently gone: the page is flattened to an image, not hidden behind a box. Give the result a quick review before you share it.
Permanent removal, nothing uploaded.
True text destruction
Each redacted page is flattened to an image, so the text layer is gone, not just covered with a shape. Content under a redaction box cannot be copied, selected, or recovered. Review the result before you share it.
Auto-detect the obvious stuff
One pass finds names, dates, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, addresses, and emails across the whole 1099, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The 1099 is processed entirely in your browser, so the original is never part of a network request and never sits on anyone else's server.
Redaction certificate (Pro)
Pro adds a signed PDF and JSON audit record listing every redacted span, category, and page, which is handy for productions and compliance files. Anyone you send it to can re-check the fingerprint in their own browser, with nothing uploaded.
For contractors and the people who pay them
Freelancers proving income for a loan, businesses sharing a form in a dispute, and accountants handling client paperwork.