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Introducing Redact PDF API: Secure, Scalable PDF Redaction from pdfRest

April 28, 2025
pdfRest introduces Redact PDF, a new API tool that enables developers to permanently and reliably remove sensitive text from PDF files. This tool is designed to meet the growing demands for secure document management.
Eric Shore
About Eric Shore

Eric Shore is the Chief Innovation Officer at Datalogics, where he leads a talented team of software developers and PDF experts.  Eric has an extensive background in engineering management and software development focused on native code toolkits and SDKs, document processing, production pipeline efficiency, digital asset management, and data analytics.  … Read more


With privacy, compliance, and data security becoming mission-critical for digital document workflows, pdfRest introduces Redact PDF, a new API tool that enables developers to permanently and reliably remove sensitive text from PDF files. This tool is designed to meet the growing demands for secure document management.

Built with precision and performance in mind, Redact PDF makes it easy to protect personally identifiable information (PII), financial data, legal content, and more across high-volume document processes. By leveraging advanced redaction capabilities, organizations can ensure that sensitive information is not only hidden but completely removed from documents, safeguarding against unauthorized access and data breaches.

Redaction That Goes Beyond Masking

Unlike basic visual masking techniques, Redact PDF performs permanent redaction at the content level, ensuring that removed text is fully deleted from the file and cannot be recovered. This makes it ideal for security-conscious workflows in legal, healthcare, finance, and public sector environments. For example, financial institutions can enhance data privacy by automating the redaction of sensitive information and healthcare providers can protect patient privacy in research documents.

Key capabilities include:

  • Permanent redaction of specified text strings or patterns, ensuring complete data removal.
  • Reliable protection of confidential or regulated information, maintaining compliance with data protection regulations.
  • Batch processing for high-volume document sets, streamlining workflows and reducing manual intervention.
  • Clean, consistent output that preserves overall document structure, ensuring readability and usability.

Easy to Use, Easy to Integrate

Redact PDF is designed for rapid integration into any tech stack. With comprehensive API documentation and sample code, developers can embed redaction into their workflows quickly, whether automating compliance processes, preparing documents for disclosure, or managing sensitive archives. Explore Redact PDF API Tool for detailed information on implementation and capabilities.

The tool is powered by Adobe PDF Library technology under the hood, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability without added complexity. This foundation provides confidence that your redaction processes are backed by industry-leading technology.

To explore how Redact PDF can enhance your document security workflows, activate your free API Key  now to test and validate your solutions quickly using the intuitive API Lab interface. By leveraging pdfRest's Redact PDF API, organizations can achieve unparalleled data protection and compliance in their document management practices.


Datalogics, Inc. provides a complete SDK for PDF creation, manipulation and management for companies around the globe. Built on Adobe source code, our flagship product Adobe® PDF Library offers a choice of programming platforms and languages along with unsurpassed customer service, proven by our 94% customer retention rate. Datalogics offers…

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