--- title: "Secure AI PII Redactor | Local PDF Data Masking" description: "Automatically strip credit cards, tax IDs, and personal identifiable information from PDFs locally. 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Detected items are highlighted for your review before redaction is applied." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is the redaction automatic or do I review first?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "The tool detects and flags PII automatically, but you review and confirm what gets redacted before it's applied. This prevents accidental removal of content that matches a pattern but isn't actually sensitive." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Is auto-redaction as secure as manual redaction?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. Both methods use the same rasterization technique — the text is permanently destroyed, not covered with a box. Auto-redaction simply automates the detection step." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Does the PII detection happen on a server?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. The pattern matching runs entirely in your browser using local JavaScript. Your document — including all the PII it contains — never leaves your device." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Can it detect PII in scanned documents?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Auto-redaction works on text-based PDFs where the text is selectable. For scanned documents, run them through PDF OCR first to create a text layer, then use auto-redact on the searchable PDF." } } ] } ] } --- [ Edge Docs ](/) [Tools ](/tools) [Pricing](/pricing)[How It Works](/how-it-works)[Compare](/compare)[Blog](/blog) [](/feedback)[Log in](/login)[Sign Up](/signup) # Auto-Redact PII Automatically detect SSNs, credit cards, emails, and phone numbers. Review and redact with one click. Free: 25MB max file size Drop PDF files here or click to browse Maximum file size: 25MB 🔒 Your files never leave your browser. All processing is done locally. No-Upload Processing Network requests during processing: 0 Related Secure Tools [Redact PDF](/redact-pdf)[Strip Metadata](/strip-pdf-metadata)[Sanitize for LLMs](/sanitize-pdf) EdgeDocs architecture ensures HIPAA and GDPR compliance by preventing data transmission to external servers. ## Automatically Find and Redact Sensitive Data Manually finding every phone number, email address, and Social Security number in a long document is tedious and risky — miss one and you have a data breach. EdgeDocs scans for common PII patterns automatically, all within your browser. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What types of PII does auto-redaction detect? ### Is the redaction automatic or do I review first? ### Is auto-redaction as secure as manual redaction? ### Does the PII detection happen on a server? ### Can it detect PII in scanned documents? 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