Manual redaction with rasterized export. Draw blackout areas, then export flattened pages so covered text is no longer selectable.
This is manual redaction. It does not perform AI detection. Export creates new page images so blacked-out content is burned in and hidden text under the marked areas is not kept as selectable PDF text.
Manual Redact PDF lets you draw reviewed blackout areas and exports flattened page content so the covered source text is not preserved as selectable PDF text.
Selected files are processed in your browser and do not need to be uploaded to Nexynto Tools servers.
A simple overlay can leave text underneath. This tool exports flattened redacted pages so covered text is not retained as selectable content.
Yes. Draw and review the areas that should be removed.
No. Use AI Redact PDF for suggestions, then review all proposed areas.
Yes. Confirm the visible result and test that redacted text cannot be selected or searched.
Selected files are processed in your browser and do not need to be uploaded to Nexynto Tools servers.
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Practical guides
Mark every sensitive region, review each affected page, then apply redaction. The output pages are rasterized so covered source text is not retained.
A visual rectangle can leave selectable text underneath. Secure redaction must remove or flatten the underlying content.
Tool-specific FAQ
No. Preview boxes are only selections. The export rasterizes pages with the regions applied.
The rasterized output contains page images rather than the original text layer. Verification also checks extracted text.
Manual regions are supported. Automatic text-search redaction is not exposed because the current engine does not provide reliable coordinate matching.
