To change the appearance of redaction marks, click Redaction Properties.Choose Tools > Protection > Mark for Redaction.A proper redaction tool not only blacks out the content, but also deletes the underlying text and images.įortunately, using Adobe Acrobat it’s quite simple to redact text or graphics from a PDF in order to remove sensitive information: In other words, even if you can't see the information, it's still there and it's easy for a user to copy it. Although it looks very similar to redaction, drawing black rectangles over text or images does not prevent the reader from copying the text or graphics that are beneath the black rectangles. Unfortunately, many people believe that redaction is simply drawing black boxes on top of text using PDF annotation tools. Redaction is the process of permanently removing visible text and graphics from a document.
How to Redact Text or Images in a PDF 04 June, 2020īefore distributing a PDF, you may want to delete confidential or sensitive personal information (such as credit card numbers, social security numbers or email addresses) that you don’t want to share.
