Redact PDF

Remove an address from a PDF without uploading it.

Your home address is on more documents than you would like, and once a copy is out, you cannot pull it back. KeptPDF finds the address and permanently destroys the text, all in your browser. The original never leaves your device. Review the result before you share it.

A document sealed inside a Faraday cage. Your files stay fully private, on your device. A document sealed inside a Faraday cage. Your files stay fully private, on your device.

A box over an address still leaves it in the file.

Draw a rectangle over an address in most PDF tools and the text is still there, one click or one viewer away from coming back. For the place you live, that is not the kind of thing you want one careless copy from exposing.

The difference in one sentence

Real redaction destroys the address in the PDF, so a covered street and city cannot be recovered.

KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it all happens in your browser, so the file with your address intact is never uploaded to a server. You can verify it yourself in the network tab.

A black box

A filled rectangle just sits on top of the text. Move it, switch viewers, or copy the page, and the hidden content is back.

KeptPDF

The page is flattened to an image, so the text underneath is destroyed. There is nothing left to uncover.

Covering text is not removing it. Give the result a quick review before you share it.

The address, and the rest of the contact block

Addresses rarely travel alone, so auto-detect surfaces the whole contact cluster for your review, not just the street line.

Mailing and home addresses

Auto-detect flags street addresses across the document, including the header and footer blocks where they usually sit, for your review.

Phone, email, and name with it

The phone number, email, and name in the same block are surfaced too, so you can remove the whole way to reach you, not one line of it.

Account and ID numbers nearby

Statements and letters often pair the address with an account number. Those are caught in the same pass for your review.

Addresses inside a scan

If your PDF is a scan or a photo, KeptPDF runs OCR first, so it can find and remove an address printed inside an image.

How to redact an address

Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.

1

Open your PDF

Drop your file onto the page or pick it from your device. It loads into your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.

2

Mark what to redact

Auto-detect finds names, dates, Social Security numbers, account numbers, and more. Draw boxes over anything else you want gone.

3

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 PDF, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.

Never uploaded

There is no upload step. The PDF 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 a copy leaves but your address should not

Letters and statements posted as proof, court and public records, screenshots shared online, and forms handed to people you do not fully know.

Questions, answered.

Does blacking out an address remove it?
Not with most tools. A filled box is an overlay, so the address stays in the file and reappears if the box is moved or the text is copied. KeptPDF flattens the page so the address underneath is destroyed.
Will it find the address for me?
Auto-detect flags street addresses across the document and shows each for your review, including the contact details next to them. Anything it misses, you can box by hand in one click.
Does it work on a scanned letter?
Yes. KeptPDF OCRs scanned or photographed pages before redacting, so it can find and permanently remove an address that exists only as part of an image.
Is it free, and is my file uploaded?
It is free with no account, and the file is processed in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. Pro ($29/month) adds a signed redaction certificate.

Remove an address from a PDF, in your browser.

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