Local Security tool
Find and Redact PII
Find and Redact PII is search-to-redact for HR, legal, and support files. Matches come from the selectable text layer. You confirm each hit, then PDFForge reuses the same raster redaction path as Redact PDF.
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PDF files only up to 100 MB
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Private by design. Your files stay on this device and are never uploaded.
How it works
How Find and Redact PII works
Find and Redact PII is search-to-redact for HR, legal, and support files. Matches come from the selectable text layer. You confirm each hit, then PDFForge reuses the same raster redaction path as Redact PDF.
Guided steps
How to use Find and Redact PII
- 1Open a PDF that contains selectable text.
- 2Choose email, phone, ID-like numbers, and/or type a custom phrase.
- 3Find matches and confirm the highlights you want removed.
- 4Redact confirmed matches locally and download the new file.
Questions
Find and Redact PII FAQs
Does search upload the PDF?
No. Pattern matching and redaction run in this browser tab.
Why did a known value not match?
Only the text layer is searched. Split glyphs, unusual spacing, or scanned pages without OCR can miss hits. Use Redact PDF to draw a box instead.
Can confirmed text be copied from the output?
Confirmed regions are rasterized black on those pages, same as Redact PDF. Spot-check the download.
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