Acrobat DC will then search for hidden information and show you the results. To do so, click Yes in the subsequent dialog box. You can also use the hidden information feature to find and remove hidden information in your redacted file. Acrobat will apply redactions and create a new file with “_Redacted” appended to the file name, with all marked content covered by black boxes. Then click OK in the resulting dialog box to confirm that you understand the selected content will be permanently removed through black out. Then highlight the text in the Name, Address, Telephone, E-mail, Social Security Number, and Date of Birth fields.Ĭlick Apply to remove the marked areas of content. In the sample file, choose Mark for Redaction > Text & Images. Please note that text in images and line art cannot be searched. Search for a single word or phrase, multiple words, or patterns. You can search in the current document or across PDFs in a folder on your computer.

Choose Find Text to search for specific content you want to permanently remove.

Choose Pages to mark the current page or a range of consecutive pages for redaction.

Choose Text & Images to highlight text and graphics for removal.

You can remove different types of information: The video below will guide you through, under the video is a step-by-step screenshot walkthrough.Ĭhoose Select a File, and then open the Employee Record.pdf sample file or other PDF document from which you want to redact sensitive information.Ĭlick Mark for Redaction in the top menu to mark items you want to permanently remove from the file. There’s a couple of different methods, we’ve included steps for the one we use but Adobe have other ways here.

You can practise with these example documents if you wish. You can delete sensitive text, graphics, or hidden data on Mac or Windows. Learn how to permanently remove sensitive content or private information from PDFs using the Redact tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.

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