Sanitize document using custom patterns

[Francesc290083726es8]

Hello:

I want to create my own pattern to use for sanitize a pdf document, using Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Is it possible. I only have available:

Phone numbers

Credit cards

Social Security numbers

Email

Dates

Thank you vey much.

[jane-e]

@Francesc290083726es8 

When you say "sanitize", do you mean "redact" or do you mean something else?

In Acrobat, "sanitize" means to remove information that is not visible in the file, such as comments, metadata, hidden layers, and text that is hidden either because it has no fill or stroke or because something else is in front of it.

Jane

[Francesc290083726es8]

Hello Jane:

Yes. I mean Redact. I need to use custom pattern. See picture

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

You must edit the "SearchRedactPatterns.xml" file. Copy-paste an existing pattern and edit it (this requires some GREP knowledge).

[Francesc290083726es8]

Hello JR:

This is exaclty I was looking for. Thank you very much for your help.

[Francesc290083726es8]

Is there any manual to learn how the pattern must be build? It's different from I found Regex syntaxis on internet.

Thank you very much

[try67]

I believe it uses the JavaScript RegExp syntax.