The pop-up that appeared in the previous step will have asked you if you want to remove any other “hidden information” in your document. The areas you highlighted should now be replaced by black bars and another warning will appear on screen, which we’ll deal with in the next step. You’ll get a warning that all redactions will be permanent once the document is saved. Once you’ve got all the redactions highlighted in the document, click Apply in the top menu.
If you accidentally redact something you didn’t mean to, just click undo (Ctrl + Z on a PC or CMD + Z on a Mac). Once you’ve done that, click and drag across any parts of the document you wish to redact and they will be highlighted by a red box. We’re going to redact certain parts of this financial document, so we’re going to choose Text and Images. Or if you want to omit all mentions of certain words or names, such as “Donald J Trump”, click Find Text. If you want to black out entire pages, select Pages.
If you just want to redact individual lines or pictures, choose Text and Images. Click to Add the Redact the tool if you’ve never used it before, then click Open.Īt the top of the screen, click the button that says Mark for Redaction.
Open the document you wish to redact in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC in the normal way.Ĭlick the Tools button in the top-left of the screen and scroll down to the Protect & Standardize section.