Redact a birth certificate without uploading it.
A birth certificate proves who you are, which is why a copy carries more than the one fact most checks ask for: a certificate number, your parents' full names, and sometimes an SSN. KeptPDF removes what you choose and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The original never leaves your device. Review the result before you send it.
A box over the certificate number still leaves it in the file.
Most PDF tools redact by drawing a rectangle on top. The certificate number, the parents' names, and any printed SSN stay in the file underneath, recoverable by moving the box or copying the text. On a vital record you are sending for a single check, that is a lot of identity to leave attached.
Real redaction destroys the detail in the certificate, so a covered certificate number cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it works in your browser, so the original certificate 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 birth certificate carries beyond the basics
Auto-detect surfaces the identifiers, so a copy for one check does not hand over a whole identity.
Certificate and file number
The certificate number and the state file number are flagged for your review, since they are reusable identifiers a verifier rarely needs.
Parents' names and birthplace
Your parents' full names, a mother's maiden name, and places of birth are surfaced, the very answers used as security questions.
An SSN, if it is printed
Some certificates and their paperwork carry an SSN. If one is present, it is detected so it does not travel on the copy.
Scanned or photographed copies
Vital records are usually scans. KeptPDF runs OCR first so it can find and redact text inside the image.
How to redact a birth certificate
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your certificate
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 certificate, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The certificate 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.
When they need one fact, not your whole identity
Passport and benefits applications, school and sports enrollment, and any form that asks for a certified copy but only checks one line of it.