Sometimes, it may so happen that a file may contain sensitive information which you do not want a publisher to see. Masking text in PDF document will prevent the publisher from sharing sensitive information. In this article, I will tell you how to mask PDF with redaction tool.

Part 1. Best Program for PDF Mask
Part 2. How to Mask Text on PDF

Part 1Best Program for PDF Text Mask

Wondershare PDFelement promises you the needed protection permanently with its redaction feature. The redaction feature allows you to erase all the content that you want to restrain from publishing or getting it into the wrong hands. Additionally, PDFelement gives you this opportunity apart from other features that altogether elaborate the control you gain on your PDF documents. Additional features which include:

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Edit your PDF by inserting, deleting and modifying each element on your document or annotate PDF with comment and highlight;
You can create PDF file easily from various document and image files or convert PDF to Office document, images, webpages etc;

Split larger documents into smaller ones for easy retrieval later on and merge different documents into a single PDF file too;
Password protect PDFs thus preventing them from viewing, printing, editing, and copying and redact PDF to permanently blackout sensitive content.

Part 2The Method for Masking Text in PDF

Step 1. Add PDF to PDFelement

Start PDFelement after completing the installation. Once the Home window opens up, browse to the folder that you would like to redact with the help of the "Open" button.

For Mac users: after completing the installation, launch the program. Click "Open File" to browse your hard drive for the file from which you want to remove content. Allow the software to upload the document, which completes in a few seconds. Wait until the software finishes the uploading action.

Step 2. Select Items to be Masked

Navigate to the "Protect" tab after the file uploaded to PDFelement. From the available options, click the "Mark for Redaction" button. Use your cursor to select the text or images from the document that you want to remove. You can replace the existing color of the redaction area and put custom text and redaction codes on the redacted box.

For Mac users: After completion of uploading the document, you can now use the redaction procedure to remove content. Click the "Redaction" button on the top right to open a submenu. You can choose to mark the text, images and pages for redaction. Draw a rectangle on the content you want to mask.

Step 3. Confirm the Redaction

Go back to the toolbar, and click the "Apply Redactions" button. PDFelement will then begin the redaction process for the selected region in the document. It will remove the text or images permanently. You cannot reverse the action. The program will redact the selected region and replace it with a black colored box. You can save the document by heading to File > Save.

For Mac users: go to "Redaction > Apply Redactions" to finish the masking process.