Redact Word Documents for Free. No Signup Required.
Microsoft Word has no built-in redaction tool. This one finds names, SSNs, emails, and 40+ types of sensitive data in your .docx or .doc file, permanently removes them, and gives you back a redacted PDF.
How It Works
Upload your Word document
Drag and drop or browse for your .docx or .doc file. Any page count, up to 10 MB.
AI detects sensitive data
Our AI scans for names, SSNs, emails, phone numbers, and 40+ PII types automatically.
Download your redacted PDF
All detected items are permanently removed. Your document is delivered as a clean, redacted PDF you can download instantly.
What Gets Redacted
Why redacting a Word document is harder than it looks
Microsoft Word has no built-in redaction tool. The common workarounds (changing font color to white, highlighting text in black, or drawing shapes over sensitive content) all leave the original text in the file. Anyone who opens the document and selects all text will see it.
Find and Replace removes text, but you have to know every piece of sensitive content in advance. A 40-page deposition with names scattered through footnotes, headers, and tracked changes is not something you can safely redact manually without missing something.
This tool runs AI detection across the document content, then converts your file to a PDF and permanently removes the detected items from it. You download a redacted PDF with the sensitive text gone for good. For law firms producing Word documents in discovery or filing correspondence, it's the same detection quality RedactifyAI uses in its paid product.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this tool actually remove text from the Word document, or just cover it up?
It permanently removes the text, it does not just cover it up. Your Word file is converted to a PDF and the detected content is deleted from that PDF before you download it. There is no hidden layer left underneath, so selecting, copying, or inspecting the file will not reveal anything. You download a clean, redacted PDF.
Is the free tool really free with no signup?
Yes. Upload a Word document and download the redacted PDF with no account needed. The free tool processes the first page. For full documents, create a free RedactifyAI account to get 50 pages per month.
Why can't I just black out text in Word?
Changing font color or adding a highlight doesn't remove the underlying text. Anyone can undo the formatting and read the original content. Real redaction removes the text from the file itself.
What file formats does the free tool support?
The free tool accepts .docx and .doc files up to 10 MB and gives you back a redacted PDF. If you already have a PDF, use the free PDF redaction tool. For image files and scanned documents, create a free account.
What does the paid version add?
The paid version adds an interactive review step where you see every detection before applying redaction, the ability to reject false positives, batch redaction across up to 10 files, audit trails, and Clio integration.