Redact a driver's license without uploading it.
People ask for a copy of your license all the time: rentals, dealerships, age checks, sign-ups. The number, your date of birth, and your home address do not all need to go along. KeptPDF blacks them out and permanently destroys the text and image underneath, all in your browser. The original never leaves your device. Review the result before you send it.
A box on a license scan is just a sticker on the image.
Drop a black box on a license scan in most tools and it sits on top of the picture. The license number and the address are still in the file underneath, recoverable by moving the box, and on a scan the text can still be read if the overlay comes off.
Real redaction flattens the page and destroys what is underneath, so the license number and address cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF burns each redaction into the page as a flat image, so the details underneath are gone, and it all runs in your browser, so the full scan 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 to black out on a license
A license copy carries a handful of things worth removing. Draw a box over each, or let auto-detect find the text first.
The license number
The driver's license number is the main identifier on the card. Box it once and it is permanently removed, not covered.
Date of birth and address
Your birth date and home address are flagged so a copy used for a quick check does not expose where you live.
The barcode and signature
The barcode and magnetic strip can encode the same data again, so black out that band along with your signature.
Anything the check does not need
If a verifier only needs your name and photo, box the rest and it is destroyed with one save.
How to redact a driver's license
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your license
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 license, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The license 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 to verify you, not collect your details
Rentals and dealerships, age and identity checks, account sign-ups, and any form that asks for a copy of your ID.