How to Redact in Adobe Acrobat

Follow this step by step tutorial to learn how to Redact using different Redaction tools in Adobe Acrobat.

Adobe Acrobat provides with various tools for review and editing of documents, form, tables etc. as a Portable Document Format (PDF). It is an effective way of presenting information in a fixed form close to its publishing results. You can also hide text in Adobe by review this tutorial that tells you how to redact in Adobe. There are a series of tools available that are meant for Redaction in Adobe such as the Redaction properties and Search & Remove text. Follow this step by step tutorial to learn how to redact in Adobe.

Step # 1 -- Select 'Mark for Redaction'

In case you have to share a document that contains personal information, for example email addresses that you do not want to share. You can hide such content in the document by learning how to redact in Adobe. To do that, you will have to use the redact feature. To begin, open the "Tools" pane and click on the "Protection" tab. From the drop down menu, select "Mark for Redaction". Now move the cursor and select the content in the document which you want to protect.

Step # 2 -- Apply Redaction

Once done, the text will be covered with a border. If you hover over the text now, you can preview how the document will look like after you apply redaction.

Step # 3 -- Change Redaction Area Fill Color

Next, click on the "Redaction Properties" option. Here you can alter the settings according to your requirements. Let's change the "Redacted Area Fill Color" to white. Now when you hover over the redacted text, it will fill the selection with white color.

Step # 4 -- Select Apply Redaction

Redaction in Adobe also includes redaction of images and can be redacted in a similar way. Once the area is selected, you can click on the "Apply Redaction" button located towards the right side.

Step # 5 -- Select 'Search & Remove Text'

If you are working on a large document, you can click on the "Search & Remove Text" option in the "Properties" tab under the "Tools" task pane to search for the text. A window will open towards the left side of your screen and from there you can search for dates, email address, card numbers etc. After the search is complete, you can redact the text according to your requirements.

Step # 6 -- Click 'Revert'

If you want to reverse any changes made to the document, click on the "File" menu and select the "Revert" option.

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[buttercloudblossom]

this tutorial saves me a lot. Thank you so much. It is easy to understand and quick. God Bless your Channel.

[branhamchima]

Thank You. This helped me find the redaction tool.

[sumalathabalamurugan]

Thanks a lot. I didn't know abt the redaction property. I can redact now easily.

[violinplaya]

I redacted a document in 2021, and the redacted area looks like its all blacked out. Last year when I redacted a document, each line was blacked out. It looked better because you can imagine how many lines were in a paragraph. Has the appearance for redacting changed? Thank you in advance

[kyliebernier]

Is there a way to read redacted papers? And see through the redact

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[thewindrises]

i don't have redact in my acrobat. why ?

[Elliandr]

I really hate the redaction feature. If I want to remove text, I shouldn't have to cover it with a color - that ruins documents with background art. Even if you choose no color and no text, it still covers the background art with a white box. This is a horrible design flaw when you consider that search and replace can easily delete the text without ruining the document, but that can only be done one at a time and for a large document with hundreds of pages it's much more time consuming. I wish they gave us the option to DELETE the found text rather than cover it with anything.Worse still, you can't undo this. Your only option is to close the document and reopen.

[Leander_]

Thanks, now I too can be like the CIA.