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title: "PDF Sanitizer for AI & LLMs | Secure Local Text Stripper"
description: "Clean, scrub, and prepare corporate documents safely before feeding them into AI models. Removes hidden metadata, track changes, and sensitive structural logs client-side."
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# Sanitize PDF for LLMs

Extract clean text from PDFs, optimized for ChatGPT and Claude. Headers, footers, and page numbers removed.

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Maximum file size: 25MB

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## Clean Documents Before Sending to AI

When you paste or upload PDF content into ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI tools, everything in that text — personal names, financial figures, confidential terms — gets sent to their servers. EdgeDocs strips sensitive content locally before the document reaches any AI platform.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Why should I sanitize a PDF before using AI tools?

### What does the sanitization remove?

### Does this work with ChatGPT and Claude?

### Does sanitizing upload my document?

### Is this the same as redaction?

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