Then click OK in the resulting dialog box to confirm that you understand the selected content will be permanently removed through black out. Then highlight the text in the Name, Address, Telephone, E-mail, Social Security Number, and Date of Birth fields.Ĭlick Apply to remove the marked areas of content. In the sample file, choose Mark for Redaction > Text & Images. Please note that text in images and line art cannot be searched. Search for a single word or phrase, multiple words, or patterns. You can search in the current document or across PDFs in a folder on your computer.
The video below will guide you through, under the video is a step-by-step screenshot walkthrough.Ĭhoose Select a File, and then open the Employee Record.pdf sample file or other PDF document from which you want to redact sensitive information.Ĭlick Mark for Redaction in the top menu to mark items you want to permanently remove from the file. There’s a couple of different methods, we’ve included steps for the one we use but Adobe have other ways here. You can practise with these example documents if you wish.
You can delete sensitive text, graphics, or hidden data on Mac or Windows.
Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on how to permanently remove sensitive content or private information from PDFs using the Redact tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC. The objects can be images (composed of pixels), vector graphics (composed of paths), gradients, or patterns. This item includes objects that overlap one another. This item includes web links, actions added by the Actions wizard, and JavaScripts throughout the document. PDFs sometimes retain content that has been removed and no longer visible, such as cropped or deleted pages, or deleted images. Removing indexes decreases file size but increases search time for the PDF. To determine if the PDF contains a search index, choose Tools > Index and then click Manage Embedded Index in the secondary toolbar. To view layers, choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Layers.Īn embedded search index speeds up searches in the PDF file. Removing hidden layers removes these layers from the PDF and flattens remaining layers into a single layer. PDFs can contain multiple layers that can be shown or hidden. This item indicates text in the PDF that is either transparent, covered up by other content, or the same color as the background. If you remove this item, all form fields are flattened and can no longer be filled out, edited, or signed. This item includes Form Fields (including Signature fields), and all Actions and calculations associated with form fields. To view comments, choose Tools > Comments. This item includes all comments that were added to the PDF using the comment and markup tool, including files attached as comments. To view bookmarks, choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Bookmarks. To view attachments, choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Attachments.īookmarks are links with representational text that open specific pages in the PDF. To view metadata, choose File > Properties.įiles of any format can be attached to the PDF as an attachment. Metadata includes information about the document and its contents, such as the author’s name, keywords, and copyright information.