Redact PDF by PDF Redaction is an AI-powered PDF redaction tool for Google Drive™. Redact PDF files without leaving Google Drive™: right-click a PDF, choose Open with → Redact PDF by PDF Redaction, and black out names, account numbers and other sensitive information in seconds. AI finds personal data for you, you review and adjust every redaction, and you download a permanently redacted PDF that is safe to share.

WHY YOU NEED A REAL PDF REDACTION TOOL
Contracts, invoices, medical records, HR files, court documents and bank statements are full of names, addresses, account numbers and other personal data. Before you share them with a client, a court, a regulator or the public, that data has to be removed for real. Drawing black rectangles in a PDF editor often only covers the text: anyone can copy it out from underneath. A proper PDF redactor removes the hidden text from the file itself, and that's what Redact PDF does.

HOW TO REDACT A PDF IN GOOGLE DRIVE
1. In Google Drive™, right-click a PDF and choose Open with → Redact PDF by PDF Redaction.
2. Allow access to that file. The PDF opens in the redaction editor in your browser.
3. Let AI detect sensitive data, then review the findings: keep, remove or resize any of them, or draw your own redaction boxes.
4. Sign in and download the redacted PDF, then upload it back to Google Drive™ or share it.

PDF REDACTION FEATURES
• AI detection of personal data across 50+ categories: names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, account and card numbers, ID numbers and more.
• Manual redaction: draw boxes over any text, area or image, and use search to find every occurrence of a word or phrase.
• Full control: filter findings by type, remove false positives and add anything the AI missed before you export.
• Permanent redaction: covered text is removed from the PDF, not just hidden behind a black box. Use it to anonymize PDFs before sharing.
• OCR for scanned documents, so image-only PDFs can be redacted too.
• Unredact check: open an already "redacted" PDF to see whether any text is still recoverable underneath the black boxes, and fix it in one click.
• Works in 50+ languages.
• UI localized for English, German, Spanish and Polish.
• Nothing to install beyond this app: it runs in your web browser.

PRIVACY AND SECURITY
• Access only to the files you choose: the app uses Google's Drive ™ file permission, so it can open only the PDFs you open with it. It cannot browse, read or change the rest of your Goole Drive ™.
• Your PDF is downloaded from Google Drive ™ straight into your browser, where it is opened, OCR'd and redacted on your device. The file itself is not uploaded to our servers.
• For AI detection, only the extracted page text is sent for analysis, with zero data retention. Switch to Local mode to run detection on your device, so nothing is sent at all.
• The redacted copy is created in your browser and downloaded to your computer.

PRICING
Redact PDF files for free: opening and redacting is free for up to 100 pages every month, across any number of documents. Downloading the redacted PDF requires a free PDF Redaction account (sign in with Google or Microsoft). Paid plans with higher limits are available at pdf-redaction.com/pricing.

WHO IT'S FOR
Lawyers and paralegals preparing court filings and discovery, HR teams sharing employee documents, healthcare and insurance teams removing patient data, finance and accounting teams sending statements and invoices, real estate and property managers, journalists and researchers, and anyone who needs to share a PDF without exposing personal data.

MORE FROM PDF REDACTION
Need to redact in bulk or inside your own systems? PDF Redaction also offers a desktop app, a REST API, an n8n integration and professional services for custom redaction workflows. Learn more at pdf-redaction.com