Drop your PDF into fwip’s redaction tool, select the text or areas you want to permanently remove, and hit apply. The content is destroyed — not hidden, not covered, destroyed. It cannot be recovered, copied, or searched. Your file stays on your device the entire time.
How to do it
- Open fwip’s Redact PDF tool.
- Drop your PDF in.
- Select the text or draw boxes over the areas you want redacted.
- Hit Apply Redaction.
- Download the redacted PDF.
The blacked-out content is gone. Not behind the box — gone.
Why this matters
Drawing a black rectangle over text in Word or a PDF editor doesn’t redact it. The text is still there, underneath, fully selectable and searchable. People have been fired, sued, and embarrassed by “redactions” that were just overlaid shapes. Copy-paste or a text search reveals everything.
Proper redaction permanently removes the content from the file. fwip burns it out. There’s nothing left to find.
This matters for legal documents, court filings, FOIA requests, insurance claims, medical records, and any document where names, addresses, account numbers, or sensitive details need to be permanently removed before sharing.
Frequently asked questions
Is fwip’s redaction permanent? Yes. The content is destroyed, not masked. Once you apply and download, the original text cannot be recovered from the redacted file. Keep your original unredacted file separately if you need it.
Can someone undo the redaction? No. Unlike drawing a black box in Word or Preview, fwip’s redaction removes the underlying data. There’s nothing to undo or extract.
Can I redact images in a PDF? Yes. Draw a box over any area — text or image — and it will be permanently removed.
Should I check the result after redacting? Always. Open the redacted PDF, try to select or search for the content you removed. If the redaction worked, nothing will be there. fwip’s redaction is thorough, but verifying is good practice.
What’s the difference between redacting and deleting pages? Redaction removes specific content within a page. Deleting removes entire pages. Use redaction when you need to keep most of the page but remove certain details.