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Scan Redactor

To redact a photo of a paper document, cover every name, address, and account number with a solid box before sharing it, and leave the photo itself as is. Straightening or cropping is not required: the camera angle does not expose anything, only the text does, so covering the text is enough.

Photos
Drop photos here or click to browse
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC. A multi-page document can be several photos at once.
Files stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. PDFs go in PDF Redactor.

How to redact a photo of a document

  1. Add the photos

    Drop one or more photos onto the box, or click to browse. A multi-page letter or statement can be added as several photos at once.

  2. Check what was covered

    Names, places, street addresses, companies, emails, phone numbers, card numbers, and IBANs are read off each photo and boxed automatically, with a findings list below the image.

  3. Fix anything it missed

    Drag over any area to cover it, click a box or untick its row to uncover it, and switch a whole category off with its pill.

  4. Download

    Download one photo in its original format, or download every photo in the batch as a ZIP, each saved at full resolution with the boxes in the right place.

Why use this tool

Reads text off the photo

Names, places, street addresses, companies, emails, phone and card numbers, and IBANs are read from the photo and covered, each toggle filtering what gets boxed.

Same person, same number

Every mention of one person, company, place, or address gets the same number across the whole batch, and the findings list shows "Person 1: Jane Doe" so you can uncover every mention of them at once.

No straightening required

A phone photo of a letter is redacted as it was taken. Nothing is cropped, rotated, or warped, so the download matches the original photo apart from the boxes.

Several photos, one batch

A multi-page letter or statement is usually several photos. Add them all at once and switch between them with the thumbnail strip while labels stay consistent.

Full resolution out

The photo is read at a reduced size for speed, but every box is placed back onto the full-resolution photo before covering and downloading it.

Nothing leaves your browser

Every photo is read and redacted on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and the download carries no hidden metadata.

About this tool

A phone photo of a bill, bank statement, or letter carries the same personal details as the paper itself: a name and address block, an account or reference number, a phone number, sometimes an IBAN. This tool reads the text off the photo, finds names, places, companies, and those numbers using the same detectors as text redactor, and covers every match with a solid box before you share the photo. It runs automatically the moment you add a photo, and a multi-page document can be added as several photos in one batch, with the same person or company numbered consistently across all of them.

Detection reads English text and works best on a clear, well-lit photo. It can miss text that is blurry, at a sharp angle, or very small, so look over the result before sending it, and drag over anything it missed. The photo itself is never straightened or cropped: only the text is covered, which is enough, and keeps the download an honest copy of what was photographed. Signatures are not found automatically; drag over a signature to cover it. For a PDF, scanned or not, use PDF redactor instead, which keeps every page rather than one photo at a time.

Black boxes are the default because they are final: once the pixels are filled, nothing of the original remains. Blur and pixelate are available for a softer look, applied coarsely enough to destroy the text rather than smudge it, though blurred text can sometimes be reconstructed by guessing and comparing candidates, which a solid box cannot. The download keeps the format you added (HEIC becomes JPG), is re-encoded from scratch at full resolution, and carries no camera or location data. For a screenshot rather than a paper document, screenshot redactor covers the same kinds of detail along with faces and avatars.

Frequently asked questions

How does it find sensitive information in a photo of a document?
It reads the text off the photo, line by line, and checks it for names, places, street addresses, companies, emails, phone and card numbers, and IBANs. Every match gets a box on the photo and a row in the findings list below it, and the same person, place, company, or address keeps the same number across every photo in the batch.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. Reading the text and drawing the boxes both happen in your browser. The first time you use it, the text reader and the name finder download (the name finder is about 110 MB) and are then kept by your browser; the photo itself never leaves your device.
Does it straighten or crop the photo?
No, by design. A phone photo of a letter is redacted exactly as taken, at whatever angle it was shot. Only the sensitive text is covered; the rest of the photo is untouched.
Can it miss things?
Yes. Blurry, tilted, very small, or low-contrast text may not be read, and a date of birth is only caught when it sits next to a label such as "Date of birth". Signatures are not found automatically, so drag over them to cover them. Always look over the result before sharing, and drag over anything that still shows.
What files can I use, and can I add more than one?
JPG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC. Add as many photos as you need in one batch, useful for a multi-page letter or statement, and names, places, companies, and addresses are numbered consistently across all of them. PDF files are not accepted here; use PDF redactor instead.
What do I get when I download?
A single photo downloads in the format you added, except HEIC, which is saved as JPG. A batch of photos downloads as a ZIP, each file named after the original with "-redacted" added. Every file is saved at full resolution, with no metadata.

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