⬛ Redact PDF

Redaction means permanently removing sensitive content from a document so it cannot be recovered. Simply drawing a black box on top of text leaves the original data in the file — anyone can open the PDF in a text editor, remove the overlay, or copy the hidden text. EasyKonvert's redaction uses rasterization: affected pages are converted to images with the sensitive content painted over at the pixel level. The original text layer is gone from those pages, not hidden.

Yes — for redacted pages. Each redacted page is rasterized to an image and the black boxes are burned into the pixel data before the image is embedded in the output PDF. The original content stream for that page is never included in the output file. There is no layer to remove, no text to extract, and no hidden data to reveal.

Redacted pages become image-only — text selection, copying, and PDF search will not work on those pages. This is an unavoidable consequence of true rasterization-based redaction. Non-redacted pages are copied from the original and retain their full text layer, so search and copy work normally on those pages.

Maximum upload size is 25 MB. Maximum PDF length is 30 pages. Redacted pages are rasterized at 150 DPI; the output file will typically be larger than the input for pages that are redacted, because image data replaces the original vector/text content.

Uploads are processed in isolated temporary directories and deleted immediately after your file is generated. Share links (if used) store only the redacted output — never the original upload — and expire automatically. No file content is retained after processing completes.