Redact a transcript without uploading it.
A transcript proves what you studied, but it often carries a student ID, sometimes a Social Security number, and a date of birth along the way. When you send it to an employer or an application, those do not need to go too. KeptPDF removes what you choose and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The transcript never leaves your device. Review the result before you send it.
A box over a student ID still leaves it in the file.
Most tools redact by drawing a rectangle. On a transcript that means the student ID, any SSN, and the birth date stay in the file underneath, recoverable by moving the box or copying the text. The grades are the point, not the identifiers stapled to them.
A transcript is a student education record, and the identifiers on it are exactly what an employer or application does not need.
KeptPDF helps you remove those identifiers: it flattens each redacted page so the data underneath is destroyed, not hidden, and it runs in your browser so the full transcript is never uploaded. It does not decide what a recipient requires, so review the result and share only what you mean to. 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 transcript carries besides grades
Auto-detect surfaces the identifiers so you can send the academic record without the personal one attached.
Student ID and SSN
Student identification numbers and any Social Security number, which older transcripts sometimes use as the ID, are flagged for your review.
Date of birth and name detail
The birth date and identifying name details are surfaced so a shared copy carries only what a recipient asked for.
Address and contact details
The mailing address and any contact details printed on the record are detected so they do not travel along.
Scanned or sealed copies
If your transcript is a scan or a photo, KeptPDF runs OCR first so it can find and redact text inside the image.
How to redact a transcript
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your transcript
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 transcript, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The transcript 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 the grades travel but the IDs stay home
Job applications, graduate and professional school files, licensing and credential checks, and your own records.