Redact a divorce decree without uploading it.
Family court documents carry Social Security numbers, financial accounts, addresses, and the names of children. When you send a decree to a lender, an employer, or a government office, most of that does not need to go with it. KeptPDF removes what you choose and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The original never leaves your device. Check your local rules and review the result before you share it.
A box over a child's name still leaves it in the file.
Most redaction is a colored overlay. The SSNs, the account numbers, and the names of minors stay in the file underneath, and a different viewer or a copy-paste brings them back. For a document about a family, that gap is the whole concern.
Real redaction destroys the text in the decree, so a covered SSN or a minor's name cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it runs in your browser, so the original decree 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 decree tends to expose
Auto-detect surfaces the identifiers so you can reduce them to what a recipient actually needs, like a child's initials in place of a full name.
Names of children and parties
Names tied to a person are flagged so you can reduce a minor to initials and remove identifying detail you do not need to share.
Social Security numbers
SSNs for both parties and any dependents are detected across the document for your review.
Financial accounts and addresses
Bank, retirement, and other account numbers, plus home addresses, are surfaced so financial and contact details do not travel with the file.
Amounts and terms you choose
Support figures and division terms are a judgment call. Box anything you want gone and it is permanently removed.
How to redact a divorce decree
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your decree
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 decree, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The decree 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 proof of the decree is the point, not the details
Name changes, lender and benefits paperwork, employer filings for support or a QDRO, and family law work.