Remove sensitive information before sharing — your file never leaves your device
Landlords, lenders, employers, and visa offices routinely ask for bank statements as proof of income or financial stability. But a full bank statement reveals far more than they need to see — your complete spending habits, recurring subscriptions, medical payments, charitable donations, and account balances across linked accounts.
You have every right to protect this information. Redacting irrelevant details from your bank statement before sharing is not only legal — it's a recommended financial privacy practice. You should only share the specific information that was requested.
What you should redact depends on why you're sharing the statement. Here are the most common scenarios:
Keep: Your name, income deposits, ending balance.
Redact: Individual spending transactions, other account balances, full account number (leave last 4 digits).
Keep: Full transaction history (usually required), name, account number.
Redact: Generally nothing — lenders typically require unredacted statements. Ask your lender first.
Keep: Payroll deposits (employer name, amounts, dates).
Redact: All non-payroll transactions, personal spending, other account info.
Keep: Name, account balance, income deposits, bank name and logo.
Redact: Individual spending transactions, linked account details, SSN if shown.
Open your PDF bank statement below. Draw boxes over anything you want to permanently remove. Your file stays on your device the entire time.
Open the Redaction Tool →Bank statements contain some of the most sensitive personal data you own — account numbers, transaction histories, balances, and spending patterns. Most free online PDF tools require you to upload your file to their servers for processing. Even if they promise to delete it, your financial data has still traveled over the internet and been stored, however temporarily, on a third-party server.
Safely Redact is different. Your bank statement is processed entirely within your browser using JavaScript. The file never leaves your computer. There is no upload, no server processing, and no temporary storage. You can verify this yourself by disconnecting from the internet after the page loads — the tool continues to work perfectly.
At minimum, redact your full account number (leave the last 4 digits visible for identification), your Social Security number if shown, any transactions unrelated to the purpose of sharing the statement, and the balances of other linked accounts. If sharing for proof of income, keep deposits visible but redact spending details.
Yes. Redacting personal information from your own bank statement is legal. In fact, financial privacy best practices recommend it. When a landlord or employer asks for a bank statement, they typically only need to verify income or account balance — not your complete transaction history. However, you should never alter the content (change amounts or dates), only redact information you are not required to share.
Yes, redacted areas will appear as black boxes on the document. This is expected and professional. Many landlords and property managers are accustomed to receiving redacted bank statements. If asked, you can explain that you have redacted personal transaction details that are not relevant to the rental application while keeping income and balance information visible.
No. Safely Redact processes your bank statement entirely in your browser. The file is never uploaded to any server. We have zero access to your financial data. You can verify this by checking the Network tab in your browser's developer tools — no file data is transmitted.
No. When you export, Safely Redact flattens each page into an image. The text under your redaction boxes is physically destroyed — not hidden, not covered, but permanently removed from the file. This is the same technique used by professional redaction tools.
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