Undoubtedly, making sure that a piece of document is secure enough prior to final publication is a must to almost everyone whose career involves interacting with miscellaneous types of documents particularly PDFs. There are two major approaches when it comes to PDF documents protection: Password Encryption and Redaction. In this article, I will teach you how to protect private content in PDF with redaction.

Part 1. Best PDF Redaction Tool for Privacy Protection
Part 2. How to Redact Private Parts in a PDF

Part 1Best PDF Redaction Software for Protecting Privacy

Wondershare PDFelement offers a complete PDF management set of tools making PDF creation, editing, converting and redaction as easy as A, B, C. Its redaction feature enables users to hide or remove certain portions of document data for the sake security purposes.

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In the editing section, you can add text to blocks of text, edit them and add images or links or objects to your document. It also enables you to convert PDF documents into numerous other formats, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Image files and vice versa. PDFelement also has the ability to create PDF forms. You can either use the already present templates or can use the text box, bullets, drop down menu, radio buttons to create a form from the blank paper. If you want to fill a PDF form, PDFelement will also help you there.

Part 2How to Redact Private Texts and Images in PDF

Step 1. Open Your PDF in PDFelement

Launch PDFelement. Click the "Open" button (Mac users click the "Open File" button) to import your PDF into the program. Alternatively, you can open your PDF document by going to File and clicking on "Open".

Step 2. Select the Private Sections

Under the "Protect" tab, click on the "Mark for Redaction" button. Hover the cursor on your desired area and draw a rectangle. Be default, you are done redacting your selection. You can also add custom text and redaction codes to your marks.

Overlay Text: Right-click on the redaction box and choose Properties. Now, simply check the "Use Overlay Tex" box and under "Custom Text", enter your desired text.
Redaction Code: Right-click on the rectangle and choose Properties. Now, simply check the "Use Overlay Text" box and under "Redaction Code", choose the relevant code.

On Mac: expand the "Redaction" menu on the top right corner and choose "Mark for Redaction" from the top right menu. Hover the cursor on your page and choose the area that should be redacted. You can also overlay text and codes onto your redaction marks.

Step 3. Apply Redactions to Your Content

After you've marked the redaction area, you can then click the "Apply Redactions" button from the "Protect" menu. And then save your document by clicking "File > Save".