Bulk change to PDFs

[Michael5C28]

Hi there,

I have about 10,000 PDF files. They all have credit card information wihich I need to remove or redact. I am a software developer, so scripting etc. is not a problem. What approach do I need to make this happen? I don't need details (hopefully) just broad strokes. TIA, Mike

[Amal.]

Hi Michael

Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. As described, you want to redact information from multiple files in batch using script

Please look at the steps provided in the help article: https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/auto_redaction_with_javascript/ and see if that works for you.

You may also use the Action wizard tool to automate the process for batch processing the files. Acrobat provides some predefined actions. You can also create your own actions. You can access and manage the actions by clicking Tools > Action Wizard. For more information please check the help page: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/action-wizard-acrobat-pro.html

Hope this information will help

Regards

Amal

[Michael5E85]

Thanks Amal. 

[try67]

Just a word of warning before you start spending time and effort on this project: You will not be able to use Acrobat to process 10K files in a single process. You will have to split it into batches and do then separately, preferably restarting the application after each run. I would recommend no more than 500 files at a time.

[Michael5E85]

Thanks for the tip!