Securely and permanently redact sensitive information in PDFs. Completely remove text and images in compliance with data protection.
Your files remain secure & private and are automatically deleted after 2 hours.
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FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, the service is completely free. No registration is required, there are no hidden fees, and PDFs are created without watermarks. More information can be found here: ilovepdf.com/help/security
Your PDF files remain protected throughout the entire processing. They are used exclusively to create your desired output file (e.g. PDF file), and all data is always transmitted encrypted.
If you do not delete them manually, the system will automatically and permanently delete your files after a maximum of 2 hours. Access by third parties is thus excluded. There is no permanent storage. Further information can be found here: ilovepdf.com/help/legal
Redacting means permanently removing selected text areas, images, or objects and replacing them with a black box. The tool completely deletes the redacted content from the PDF structure. They are no longer visible, copyable, or recoverable. The result is a securely cleaned PDF version that can be shared.
Yes. iLovePDF uses a true redaction feature that removes the original content from the PDF instead of merely covering it up. Neither text nor metadata remains in the background. Therefore, the document is securely cleaned even for external audits or forensic tools.
Yes. You can select individual words, entire sentences, text blocks, images, headers and footers, or any areas. The redaction can be marked as rectangles or placed precisely. The tool processes a clean, redacted final version.
If you have further questions, you can always contact support. ilovepdf.com/contact
Many programs only visually cover text, whereas iLovePDF actually deletes it from the file. You can verify the result by trying to highlight or copy text — redacted content no longer appears. Even the PDF layers contain no remnants of the original data.
Yes. You can mark as many areas in the PDF as you want before you finalize the document cleanup. You can also edit multiple pages simultaneously in multi-page PDFs. The tool then applies the redaction to all marked elements.
The file size limit is 400 MB. There is also no restriction on document length (number of pages). Performance remains stable even with many redactions.