Redact a background check without uploading it.
A background check pulls together a person's SSN, birth date, addresses, and history into one report. Whether you ran it or it was run on you, sharing it onward rarely means sharing all of that. KeptPDF removes what you choose and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The report never leaves your device. Review the result before you send it.
A box over an SSN still leaves it in the file.
Most redaction is a colored overlay. On a background check the SSN, the date of birth, and the address history all stay in the file underneath, recoverable by moving the box or copying the text. For a report built entirely from someone's personal data, that gap is the whole risk.
Real redaction destroys the identifier in the report, so a covered SSN or birth date cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it works in your browser, so the full report 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 background check pulls together
Auto-detect surfaces the identifiers the report is built from, so you can share a result without sharing a person's whole profile.
SSN and date of birth
The Social Security number and birth date used to run the check are flagged across the report for your review.
Names, aliases, and addresses
Full names, listed aliases, and the address history are surfaced so you can remove the identifying trail.
License and reference numbers
Driver's license numbers, case numbers, and other IDs in the file are detected for your review.
Scanned or printed reports
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 background check
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your report
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 report, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The report 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 both sides of a screening
HR and hiring teams sharing a result internally, tenants and applicants passing along proof, and attorneys handling a report in a matter.