Guides
Practical walkthroughs for the PDF jobs where privacy actually matters — court filings, client documents, portal uploads. Every step happens in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
Redaction & legal filings
Why Drawing a Black Box Doesn't Redact a PDF
Black rectangles, highlights, and white text don't remove anything — the text is still in the file. How failed redactions happen, how to test your own documents, and how to redact for real.
How to Redact a Bank Statement PDF
Black out account numbers and transactions on a bank statement — destructively, in your browser, without uploading your financial records anywhere.
How to Redact a PDF for Court Filing (FRCP 5.2 Checklist)
Redact court filings properly: what FRCP 5.2 requires, why black boxes and highlighting fail, and how to destroy redacted content in your browser without uploading client documents.
Remove Hidden PDF Metadata Before You File or Share
PDFs carry author names, software versions, timestamps, and edit history. See what's hiding in your documents and strip it in your browser — nothing uploaded.
Privacy & document hygiene
How to Anonymize a Resume PDF for Blind Hiring
Remove names, photos, contact details, and hidden metadata from CVs — destructively, in your browser, with nothing uploaded. For recruiters running blind screens and candidates protecting their data.
How to Sign a PDF Without Uploading It Anywhere
Draw, type, or place your signature on a PDF entirely in your browser. No account, no upload, no signature image stored on anyone's server.
Compress to a target size
Compress a PDF to 100KB (Without Uploading It)
Get any PDF under 100KB for KYC portals, government forms, and strict upload limits — processed entirely in your browser, no upload, free.
Compress a PDF to 1MB for Email and Portals
Get reports, scans, and presentations under 1MB for email gateways and upload forms — compressed locally in your browser, never uploaded.
Compress a PDF to 200KB for Online Applications
Shrink scans and documents under 200KB for visa, exam, and government application portals — entirely in your browser, no upload, free.
Compress a PDF to 500KB
Bring multi-page scans and reports under 500KB for portals and forms — processed in your browser, never uploaded, free.