BlackoutPDF
Redact PDFs in your browser — nothing is uploaded
BlackoutPDF launched on June 17, 2026 with 4 votes, #3,322 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Most "free" PDF tools make you upload the file you're trying to protect — and "redact" with a box over text you can still copy out. BlackoutPDF runs 100% in your browser (turn off Wi-Fi — it still works), and redaction is destructive: the text is rebuilt into pixels, gone for good, metadata stripped. Redact, sign, merge, compress, convert. On-device OCR for scans. No account.
True PDF redaction that never uploads your file — runs 100% in your browser, works with Wi-Fi off. Redacted text is destroyed, not covered; metadata stripped. Free up to 3 pages · $19/year for everything (Auto-Redact, batch, Bates included) · Team $99/year for your whole team.
A black box isn't redaction. From the Manafort filing to the Epstein files, "redacted" documents leak because the text is still under the box — one copy-paste away. BlackoutPDF destroys the words themselves , rebuilds the file from flat pixels, and never uploads a byte. Don't believe it? Turn off your Wi-Fi — it still works. The privacy model isn't a policy you take on faith — it's behavior you can observe in your own browser, right now, with tools you already have. Five tests, no signup. Open DevTools → Network, then load, redact and export. Count the requests carrying your document. The count is zero. Load the page, then kill your connection entirely. Redacting, exporting — everything…from blackoutpdf.co
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