The AI is pre-trained to identify and redact Personally Identifiable Information (PII) including Social Security Numbers, credit card details, phone numbers, email addresses, and proper names.
Unlike superficial tools that just cover text (which can be removed), our Smart Redact permanently sanitizes the document by removing the underlying text layer before applying the blackout box.
Yes, in addition to the automatic AI pattern recognition for PII, you can input specific keywords, project names, or company phrases that you want scrubbed from the document.
While our AI is highly accurate, you should always perform a final manual review of the redacted document before sharing it publicly to ensure no sensitive context was missed.
If your PDF consists of scanned images, the tool will perform OCR to find the text, but true graphical redaction (like blurring a face in a photo) is not supported by this text-based tool.
No, the layout remains completely intact. The redacted text is replaced with blank space or a solid black box of the exact same physical dimensions.