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Redact Text New

Find and redact personal information — privately, on your device.

Finds structured identifiers only — emails, phone numbers, IBANs, card numbers, Saudi IDs/Iqamas, URLs, IP addresses, and API keys or secrets. It does not detect names or addresses in free text — use manual selection for those.

Nothing is redacted until you press Redact below.

Manual selection

Select any text above — a name, an address, anything the scan missed — then redact it. This is how names and free-text addresses get covered.

AI name/place detection Beta

Experimental. This optional on-device AI model tries to catch names, places, organizations and dates that the exact-match scan above can't. Detection quality is unverified — it may miss names (especially Arabic ones) or flag the wrong text. Review every highlight before trusting it. Nothing is downloaded or scanned until you tap the button below.

Runs entirely on your device — nothing is uploaded.

Redaction style

On-device Works offline

Nothing you paste, upload or produce here is stored, logged, transmitted or persisted. No history for this tool. Works fully offline.

Find personal information in pasted text — emails, phone numbers, IBANs, card numbers, Saudi IDs, URLs, IP addresses, and API keys — using exact, checksum-verified pattern matching, right on your device. Review every match before anything changes: dismiss false positives, or select any other text (like a name or address) to redact it manually. Choose a block, label, or custom-character redaction style, then copy or download the result. Automated detection won't catch everything, especially Arabic names and unusual formats — always review before sharing. Nothing you paste or produce here is ever stored, logged, or transmitted.

About this tool

What you provide

  • Text pasted or typed in, or a .txt file.
  • Your review of each detected item, plus any text you select manually.
  • A redaction style: block, label, or a custom character.

What you get

  • The text with the items you approved hidden in the style you chose.
  • A copy button and a .txt download.

Limits

  • Detects structured identifiers only — email, phone, IBAN, card number, Saudi ID/Iqama, URL, IP address and API keys; names and addresses in free text need manual selection.
  • Automated detection is not exhaustive, especially with Arabic names and unusual formats — review every highlight before sharing.
  • The optional on-device AI name and place detection is experimental and downloads about 138 MB the first time.
  • Up to 500,000 characters; nothing you paste or produce is stored, logged or transmitted.

How to use it

  1. Paste your text

    Paste or type into the scan box, or upload a .txt file; exact-match detection runs as you type and highlights what it finds, and nothing is redacted yet.

  2. Review every highlight

    Tap a highlight to switch it between "Will redact" and "Kept"; each one shows its kind and whether it came from an exact match, your own selection, or the model with a confidence figure.

  3. Add what the scan missed

    Select any text, choose Name or Address, and tap "Redact selection"; for the optional AI pass, tap "Download engine (~138 MB · one time)" once, and "Scan with AI (beta)" takes its place.

  4. Choose a redaction style

    Pick "Block (████)", "Label ([EMAIL])", or "Custom character" and type the character to use.

  5. Redact, then copy or download

    Tap "Redact" to produce the output with a count of the items covered, then use "Copy" or "Download .txt".

Frequently asked questions

How do I redact personal information from text for free?

Paste your text into Redact Text and it finds personal information like names or numbers for you to review — you choose what gets redacted before anything is hidden. It's free and runs entirely on your device.

Does this tool automatically remove all my personal data?

No — it detects likely personal information and highlights it for your review, but detection is pattern-based and not exhaustive, so you should always check the results yourself before sharing the text.

Is my text uploaded to a server when I use this tool?

No, the tool runs privately on your device, so your text is never uploaded or sent anywhere.