Remove personal info from a resume without uploading it.
A resume you post on a public board does not need your home address or a personal phone number sitting on it. A recruiter screening for a fair shortlist may want the name and photo off entirely. 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 your address still leaves it in the file.
Most PDF tools redact by drawing a rectangle on top. Your address, phone, and email stay in the file underneath, recoverable by moving the box or copying the text. On a resume you are posting to a public job board, that contact block is exactly what you wanted off it.
Real redaction destroys the detail in the resume, so a covered address or phone number cannot be copied back out.
KeptPDF flattens each redacted page so nothing survives under the box, and it works in your browser, so the original resume 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.
Two reasons to redact a resume
Posting it publicly, or screening it fairly. Auto-detect surfaces the personal data either one calls for.
Contact block
Your home address, phone number, and email are flagged so a resume on a public board does not double as a contact card.
Name and photo for blind screening
Recruiters anonymizing resumes for a fair shortlist can box the name, photo, and other identifying details so they are permanently gone before the panel sees it.
Dates that hint at age
Graduation years and other early dates can signal age. They are a judgment call, so box any you want gone and they are permanently removed.
Resumes saved as a scan
If a resume came in as a scan or an image export, KeptPDF runs OCR first so it can find and redact text inside the image.
How to redact a resume
Three steps, entirely on your device. Permanent, verifiable, no upload.
Open your resume
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 resume, so you are not hunting for each one by hand.
Never uploaded
There is no upload step. The resume 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.
Job seekers and the people hiring them
Candidates posting to public boards and talent sites, and recruiters or hiring teams anonymizing resumes for a fair, bias-aware first read.