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How redaction works here
ℹ️ True redaction flattens pages to images — the result is an image-based PDF with no selectable text. That's what guarantees nothing is left underneath.
The most common redaction mistake is drawing a black rectangle over text in a PDF editor and assuming it's gone. It isn't — the original text usually sits right underneath the box and can be selected, copied, or recovered in seconds. People have leaked salaries, names, and case details exactly this way.
AFileFix redaction works differently. When you download, every page is rendered to an image with the covered areas painted solid, and the new PDF is built from those images. There is no text layer to hide behind the boxes — the removed content is genuinely gone from the file.
The whole process runs in your browser. Your PDF is never uploaded to our servers — which, for a tool whose entire job is removing sensitive information, is the way it should be. You could disconnect from the internet after the page loads and redaction would still work.
Because true redaction flattens each page to an image, the result is an image-based PDF: text in it is no longer selectable, and the file is usually larger than the original. That's the deliberate trade-off that makes the redaction safe. If size matters, run the result through Compress PDF afterwards.
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Real redaction. A black rectangle drawn over text in many PDF editors is fake — the original text is still underneath and can be selected, copied, or recovered. AFileFix redaction flattens each page to an image with the redacted areas painted out, so there is no hidden text layer left behind. What's covered is genuinely gone from the file.
No. Redaction happens entirely in your browser — the PDF is never sent to our servers. You can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it will still work.
Because true redaction flattens each page to an image, the output is an image-based PDF. That's the trade-off that guarantees nothing is hidden underneath. Text is no longer selectable in the result — which is exactly what you want for a document you're sharing after removing sensitive information. If you need the file smaller, run it through Compress PDF afterwards.
Not yet — for now you draw the boxes over what you want removed. AI-assisted detection of names, emails, and account numbers is planned as a future addition.
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