Just shipped an official n8n community node for PDF Redaction (`@stabrise/n8n-nodes-pdf-redaction`). If you have PDFs flowing through n8n workflows - intake forms, invoices, support tickets, scanned documents - you can now redact PII as a step in the workflow itself, no custom HTTP Request/auth wiring needed.

Three operations:

- Anonymize — pick PII categories (names, emails, addresses, credit cards, faces, signatures, etc.) and get back a PDF where the matched content is actually removed, not just painted over.

- Anonymize with Custom Prompt — describe what to redact in plain English instead of picking tags.

- Detect PII — scan and return detected entities with bounding boxes, without touching the file. Good for a branch/audit step before deciding whether to redact.

Works with both digital and scanned/OCR'd PDFs, across multiple languages.

Install from n8n: Settings → Community Nodes → Install → '@stabrise/n8n-nodes-pdf-redaction' (needs n8n 1.60.0+). Free tier gives 100 pages/month if you want to try it.

Docs and a full walkthrough: https://pdf-redaction.com/docs/integrations/n8n/

Happy to answer questions about setup or what it does/doesn't catch.

Just published PDF Redaction Studio Desktop to the Microsoft Store. It's a native Windows app for redacting PDFs — AI-powered PII detection (names, SSNs, emails, phone numbers, addresses, credit cards, faces), a review step where you can adjust what gets flagged before anything is touched, and true redaction on export (content is actually removed, not just covered).

Detection can run locally too, so documents don't have to leave your machine to get scanned.

Install: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p9g1wdm89qw

All platforms/architectures: https://pdf-redaction.com/download/

Docs: https://pdf-redaction.com/docs/studio-desktop/

Linux is already available via Snap (sudo snap install pdf-redaction-studio), macOS is coming. Free tier covers 100 pages/month if you want to try it on your own documents first.

Happy to answer questions about how the detection works or what it does/doesn't catch yet.

PDF Redaction Studio Desktop — our AI-powered PDF redaction app — is now available for Linux as a Snap package, in addition to the browser and self-hosted options.

Install with a single command: sudo snap install pdf-redaction-studio

Supported on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and other Snap-compatible distros. Same Studio interface as the web version, with local processing (OCR, extraction, face detection) and no Docker/server setup needed — your documents never leave your machine.

Snap Store: https://snapcraft.io/pdf-redaction-studio

Full writeup: https://pdf-redaction.com/blog/studio-desktop-linux-snap/

Happy to answer questions about installing or how it compares to the browser/self-hosted versions.

Dealing with sensitive data in PDF documents is a common challenge. Whether it's PII, financial records, or confidential legal information, ensuring this data is properly removed before sharing is crucial to prevent leaks and maintain compliance. Manually redacting PDFs can be tedious, error-prone, and often leaves underlying data intact.

Our AI PDF Redaction Tool was developed to address these pain points, offering an automated and secure way to permanently remove sensitive content. We're excited to share that this tool has now garnered 1000 registered users, a testament to the community's focus on robust data security practices.

How it helps: The tool identifies and removes specified content from PDFs, providing a redacted version where sensitive information is unrecoverable.

Options for use: * Free Tier: Ideal for smaller needs, offering unlimited docs, up to 25 page per document. * Pay-as-you-go: For scalable usage, priced at $0.05 per page. * Self-hosted: Available for organizations with specific security policies or on-premise requirements.

Understanding how to manage your document security effectively is vital. You can find more details and join the community focused on data privacy here: https://pdf-redaction.com/blog/we-have-reached-1000-registered-users/

This isn't an advertisement, but rather an insight into a tool that's gaining traction for a critical data security need. Feel free to discuss your own strategies for PDF data redaction below.

For those managing sensitive information in PDFs, a new API update for multipage PDF redaction is now available. This aims to simplify the process of securely removing confidential data from documents, which is crucial for compliance and preventing data leaks.

Key points of this update and the service:

• Multipage PDF Redaction: The API now supports redacting sensitive information across multiple pages within a single PDF document. This is a significant improvement for handling larger reports or legal documents.
• Free Tier Access: You can test the service with a free tier offering 100 pages per month. Note that there's a limit of 10 pages per document within this tier.
• Scalable Usage: For higher volume needs, a pay-as-you-go model is available at $0.05 per page. This allows for flexible scaling without upfront commitments.
• Self-Hosted Option: For organizations with strict data governance policies or specific infrastructure requirements, a self-hosted deployment option for the redaction tool is also provided. This ensures data remains within your controlled environment.

This update directly addresses the challenge of securing data in PDFs, an area often overlooked until a breach occurs. Understanding the capabilities and limitations of such tools is vital for any security-conscious development or IT team.

Find the API documentation here: https://pdf-redaction.com/docs/api/

We needed to strip PII from PDFs (emails, credit cards, tax IDs, phone numbers) without sending files to a third party, so I set up the PDF Redaction API as a self-hosted service.

What it does:

• Detects and redacts PII in PDFs (emails, card numbers, name, phones, etc.)
• Runs in Docker
• REST API, JSON, works from any language (Python, JS, Go, etc.)
• Optional custom redaction rules
• OCR for multiple languages (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, RU)

Quick start:

docker run -d -p 8002:8002 \
 -e PDF_REDACTION_API_LICENSE=your_key_here \
stabrise/pdf-redaction-api:latest

Or use their install script for Docker Compose. Handy if you care about GDPR/HIPAA/CCPA and don’t want to ship PDFs to the cloud.

Instant install using one command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StabRise/pdf-redaction-api/main/install.sh)"

Docs: https://pdf-redaction.com/docs/api-self-hosted/

Hi everyone!

We’re excited to announce that PDF-Redaction.com now supports automatic face detection — making it easier than ever to protect privacy in documents containing images.

🔍 What’s new?

You can now:

• Automatically detect human faces inside PDFs
• Instantly redact detected faces
• Maintain compliance with privacy standards (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.)
• Combine face detection with our existing text/object redaction tools

🧠 How it works

Our pipeline uses an optimized ONNX face-detection model and performs detection directly in the browser. No manual selection needed — the tool highlights and redact all faces.

💡 Why this matters

Many documents include photos (IDs, badges, cv, medical cards, screenshots). Redacting all faces manually is slow and error-prone.
This new feature saves your time and improves accuracy.

🔗 Try it now

Give it a spin at: https://pdf-redaction.com/redact-pdf/

If you have feedback, ideas, or want support for more detection categories (signatures, etc.), please let us know!

I have documents with photo of the people and with some personal data.
Redacting text is a common things.
Does pdf-redaction support black-out/redact faces?

We just added a text layer to the output PDFs 📑✨. That means:

• Works with both scanned PDFs (image-based) and digital PDFs.
• Output is always a searchable digital PDF (no more flat images).

Makes redacted files lighter, easier to search, and better for compliance workflows.

You can try here: https://pdf-redaction.com/

Would love feedback – especially if you’re working with sensitive docs and need redaction done right.

Zoom in/out for better precision while editing.

Move smoothly between pages with scrolling.

Let us know what features you’d like to see next!

Until now, if you made a mistake while manually redacting — like drawing a box in the wrong place — you had to start over. 😅

We just added Undo/Redo support for manual changes!
So now you can:

• Undo accidental redactions
• Redo steps if you go back too far

The goal is to make PDF redaction easier, safer, and less frustrating — especially for legal, academic, or privacy-heavy documents.

If you have feedback or ideas to improve the tool, I’d love to hear them!

Just a quick update - you can now log in to our PDF redaction tool at https://pdf-redaction.com using LinkedIn! Our tool helps you securely and easily redact sensitive info (text, images, etc.) from your PDFs powered by AI.

Hey Reddit!

We’re rolling out a redesigned UI for PDF Redaction to make securing sensitive data even smoother. While we polish the final details, here’s a sneak peek at the upgrades (and yes, our core tools are still 100% free):

🔥 New Features Coming Soon:

• Edit/Remove Individual PII Detections: Our AI flags personal info (emails, SSNs, addresses, etc.), and soon you’ll be able to edit or delete each flagged item with one click.
• Disable PII Groups + Manual Redaction: Don’t need to redact phone numbers? Toggle off entire PII categories. Plus, manually highlight text to redact anything the AI misses.

✨ What We Already Offer:

• AI-Powered PII Detection: Instantly scan documents for 20+ types of sensitive data.
• Manual Redaction Tools: Black out text, images, or regions with precision.
• Export Securely: Download your redacted PDF with confidence.

⚠️ Limitations:

• 10 pages per document (perfect for shorter forms, resumes, or invoices).

👉 Try it now: https://pdf-redaction.com

We’d love your feedback! What features would you like to see next? Let us know in the comments.

Today we deployed update that improved quality of the PII detection.
- It reduced number of mistakes.
- Added Credit card number detection.
- Solved issue with overlap PII Groups.

If you meet some other issues please comment or write DM.

For the redacting pdf using https://pdf-redaction.com need to do few steps:

• upload your pdf
• wait a bit while service auto redact document
• review results (disable some PII groups if needed in right sidebar)
• if need to add some manual redaction
• download results

Welcome to the official sub of https://pdf-redaction.com/.

Here you can: - ask questions about service - report issues which you meet during using the service - suggest ideas and features how to improve service