Privacy/How it works

    Nothing leaves your device

    Redactify is built so we never see your files. Here is exactly what happens when you use it.

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      Files stay on your device

      Photos, PDFs, Word files and text are opened and cleaned by your own browser. They are never sent to our servers or anyone else's.

    2. 02

      Photos are redrawn, not edited

      We draw your photo onto a fresh canvas and save a brand-new file. Hidden details like GPS, camera serial numbers and timestamps don't carry over. Only the fields you choose to keep are written back.

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      Blurred areas cannot be undone

      Blurred areas are turned into large blocks of colour inside the new file, and blacked-out areas are filled solid. The original detail isn't stored underneath.

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      Text is replaced, not covered

      Private details are swapped out in the text itself, so there is nothing hidden underneath to copy or recover.

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      What an account stores

      Signing in is optional. If you do, we store your saved patterns and templates, a download history (file names and sizes), and a report of each run: the file name, and how many items of each type were found. Reports never contain the actual values that were hidden, and the files themselves are never stored. You can export or delete all of it from your Profile at any time.

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      Use it without an account

      Without signing in, nothing about your files is saved anywhere except in your own browser tab, and it is gone when you close it.

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