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That one website that blacks out private information in a PDF for good

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PDF24 lets you box out names, account numbers or whole areas, then turns the affected pages into images when you save, so the hidden text is really gone rather than just covered. It is free with no signup; the trade-off is that redacted pages are no longer selectable text.

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Xodo Redact xodo.com Find-and-redact words or patterns in browser; 1 file a day free Free tierNo signup Link checked Oct 9
Redactable redactable.com AI spots personal data to redact; 3 free documents Free tierSignup required Link checked Oct 9

PDF24 is also the pick for merges PDFs, turns a scanned PDF into text you can search and copy, turns a pile of photos into one PDF, turns each page of a PDF into an image, reorders the pages of a PDF, puts a password on a PDF, crops the white margins off a PDF.

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