What’s new in the Redaction tool with the latest Acrobat update.

The new simplified and guided redaction experience makes it easier for you to remove sensitive content from PDF.  

Redaction is the process of permanently removing visible text and graphics from a document. You use the Redact tools to remove content. In place of the removed items, you can have redaction marks that appear as colored boxes, or you can leave the area blank. 

Let's get started:  

Two-click redaction 

To redact text and images in a PDF, you can do one of the following: 

• Open the PDF in Acrobat. Click Edit > Redact Text and Images. 
• Select the text or image in a PDF, right-click, and select Redact. 
• Select the text or image in a PDF, choose Redact in the floating context-menu. 

After you mark text and images for redaction, it's now easier to apply redaction using one of the following ways:

• Click Save 
   

  go to File > Save. You see a prompt to apply the redaction and save the file. Click Apply & Save. 

• Click Apply in the blue ribbon at the top.

• In the Apply Redactions dialog, choose if you want to remove the hidden information by clicking the toggle button. Acrobat retains the chosen setting. Click OK.

For more information, see Removing sensitive content from PDFs.

• The decluttered Redact tool now shows only the two main options in the toolbar: Redact Text & Images and Sanitize Document.

Redact Text and Images: The Redact Text & Images action is selected by default. It enables you to start marking the text and images you want to redact without having to select any action in the tool. Click the drop-down to Redact Pages, Find Text & Redact, or set the appearance of redaction marks using Properties.

Sanitize Document: The Remove Hidden Information is now an optional action within the Sanitize Document action. When you sanitize a document, it removes the hidden information as well. To selectively remove hidden information, click Sanitize Document and then click the Click Here hyperlink.

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