Find Sensitive Data in PDF

Find emails, phone, card, bank and ID numbers in a PDF and redact them. Everything runs locally in your browser - your files are never uploaded to a server, no registration is required, and the tool is completely free.

How to Find Sensitive Data in PDF

  1. Choose or drop a PDF. It is scanned in your browser and never uploaded.
  2. See the counts and masked examples for each kind of personal data.
  3. Tick the kinds you want removed.
  4. Press 'Redact selected in Redact PDF' to open Redact PDF with the file and values filled in, then check the match count.

Features

Frequently asked questions

Which kinds of data are detected?
Email addresses, phone numbers, payment card numbers, IBANs, US Social Security numbers, Indian Aadhaar and PAN numbers, and dates of birth written next to a label such as DOB.
Can it miss something?
Yes. It reads only the selectable text layer, and it is deliberately strict to avoid false alarms: unusually formatted numbers, text split across lines, and text inside images can be missed. Always review the document yourself.
Is an SSN or phone number match certain?
No. They have no checksum, so they are matched by format only (for example 123-45-6789 or +1 415-555-0132).

This page is a preset of PDF Privacy Check, which has every option.

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