Permanently black out names, account numbers and any sensitive detail before you share a PDF. It all happens in your browser — the file never leaves your device.
Drop your PDF here — it opens instantly or click to choose a file · free to edit · $1 only when you downloadTo redact a PDF, DollarFix PDF draws a black bar and strips the text underneath, so it cannot be copied or recovered — unlike a whiteout that just covers it. It runs in your browser, keeping files private, and a one-time $1 unlocks the download.
Last updated: August 2026
Redacting a PDF means removing sensitive information for good, not just hiding it from view. With DollarFix PDF you draw a solid black bar over a name, an account number or an address, and the content underneath is stripped out — so it cannot be copied, searched or lifted back out later. That is the crucial difference between redaction and a simple cover-up, and it is exactly what you want before a document goes to a lawyer, a client or a public file.
It is worth knowing how redaction differs from whiteout. A whiteout block sits on top of the page like a sticker; on a digital PDF the original words can still hide beneath it and be recovered. Redaction here permanently blacks out the marked area and removes the underlying text, so there is nothing left to recover. If you only need to tidy a scan or cover a stray mark, whiteout is fine — but for names, numbers and anything confidential, redact is the safe choice.
Because everything runs locally in your browser, the very documents you most want to protect — contracts, bank statements, medical letters — are never uploaded to anyone's server. There is no account to create and no card details to hand over. Editing and redacting are completely free; you pay a one-time $1 only when you choose to download the finished file, with no subscription and no watermark.
Blacking out text and redacting it are not quite the same thing, and the difference matters. A black box is a cosmetic censor bar — fine for a screenshot or an internal draft where you simply do not want something read at a glance. Redaction is the permanent version: the content underneath goes away, so it cannot be selected, copied or recovered from the file. Choose the box when you want speed, and redaction when the document is leaving your hands.