Customize redaction search patterns (11 digits)

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
June 26, 2022
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Hi!

Is it possible to create custom search patterns for the redaction tool?

I'm going to remove certain numbers in 11-digits social security numbers, but none of the current patterns offer the ability to only search for 11 digits (I can currently only access patterns from US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan).

Is there any way to solve this?

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

To create custom patterns you must edit the "SearchRedactPatterns.xml" file.

It is located here:

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Redaction\ENU\

If you use Acrobat in a different language you will find it in your locale folder.

e.g.: C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Redaction\FRA\

Also pay attention to this setting in the Preferences:

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LaraCouture

Participant

Unfortunately, I'm not seeing ANY files in that folder.

try67

Community Expert

You need to replace "NAME" with your user name on that computer, of course.

Also, be aware that the AppData folder is usually hidden, so you have to enable the option to show hidden folders, or type it in manually.

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LaraCouture

Participant

Hello,

Were you able to figure this out? I'm trying to figure out how to redact the bank account info on scanned checks. I don't like to do things manually if there's a way to have the computer do it. I'm surprised there isn't more info out there about how to do it.

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