Unable to redact a signed document

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November 22, 2022
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Hi, I am unable to redact a document which has been signed electronically. I know the point is to avoid editing the document but there are many instances where redactions need to be applied post-signing when the document is being circulated to non-party members. Please advise on how to remove this restrictive function on Adobe Pro. Many thanks.

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danpinho

Known Participant

If two signatures are required, Adobe recommends making a copy.

This app is getting worse instead of better.

The subscription, on the other hand, only knows one thing: how to keep increasing.

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Generous_Sunbeam5FB4

Participant

Totally agree—features seem to decline while prices keep climbing. It's frustrating to see essential tools become less user-friendly over time.

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robert_4715

Participant

So if you take your signed PDF and then convert it to a Word doc you can redact it there and then convert it back to a PDF. It's really easy to do. No muss. No fuss.

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Mystic_Hero2306

Participant

Running into this issue myself. Tried this method, however because the document has a password in place for any changes etc, Adobe is not allowing the signed PDF to be converted to any other file type at all.

Any thoughts?

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Mystic_Hero2306

Participant

Password is not obtainable, as it is placed there by the developers of the platform being used for the digital signatures.

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Orionbaby

Participant

Export the document as an image. Convert the image back into an adobe file. Now you can OCR and redact on the document, just as if it was scanned in.

try67

Community Expert

True, but then it's not (digitally) signed any longer...

try67

Community Expert

This is the correct behavior, and can't be overcome. A digital signature locks the file in its current form when it was signed (with the possible exception of filling in form fields and/or signing it again). If you want to redact parts of it you must do so before signing it.