Redact a police report without uploading it.
An incident report names everyone involved: victims, witnesses, their addresses, dates of birth, and license and plate numbers. Before it goes to an insurer, a reporter, or the other party, the personal details can come out. 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 share it.
A box over a witness name still leaves it in the file.
Most redaction is a colored overlay. The names, addresses, and dates of birth in the report stay in the file underneath, and a different viewer or a copy-paste brings them back. For people who did not choose to be in the report, that gap matters.
Real redaction destroys the text in the report, so a covered name or address cannot be recovered.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it works in your browser, so the original 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.
The personal details a report tends to carry
Auto-detect surfaces the identifiers across the narrative and the fields, so protecting the people named is a review, not a line-by-line hunt.
Names of victims and witnesses
People named in the fields and in the narrative are flagged so you can protect anyone who is not the subject of what you are sharing.
Dates of birth and ID numbers
Birth dates, driver's license numbers, and other IDs tied to a person are surfaced for your review.
Addresses, phones, and plate numbers
Home addresses, phone numbers, and vehicle plate numbers are detected so contact details do not travel with the file.
Scanned or faxed reports
Reports are often scans. KeptPDF runs OCR before redacting, so it can find and remove text printed inside an image.
How to redact a police report
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 the people who pass reports along
Insurance adjusters, reporters and researchers, attorneys building a file, and anyone in an accident sharing a copy with the other side.