Privacy text redactor
Heuristic only — review before sharing. It may miss international phone formats or custom secrets. No substitute for legal review on regulated content.
Key takeaways
- Use between internal notes and an external LLM to reduce accidental PII leaks.
- Patterns favor US phone shapes — adjust manually for every country you serve.
- Combine with your company policy on customer data and AI usage.
- Does not encrypt — it replaces substrings for safer sharing contexts.
- Still faster than hand-editing long tickets when you are in a hurry.
Who built this
ContractorHQ is edited by Bernard Guido — 25+ years in trade operations and software. These utilities follow the same quality bar as our reviews: fast pages, honest disclosure, and tools that stay useful without selling your data.
Frequently asked questions
Is redaction perfect?
No. The patterns catch common emails, many US-style phone blocks and suspiciously long hex strings. International numbers, internal employee IDs or proprietary codes may slip through. Always read the redacted block once before you paste into any third party tool.
Do you upload my text?
No server round trip runs for this page. Everything happens in your tab memory until you refresh. Clearing the page clears the content unless your browser keeps form restore.
Does this remove EXIF from images?
No. This version is text-only. For photos you still need an image workflow or desktop tool that strips metadata before publication.
What are the long hex strings replaced with?
Strings of thirty-two or more hexadecimal characters often look like API keys or hashes in logs. They are masked as token placeholders so you can paste a stack trace into a chat without leaking secrets — verify each hit because some legitimate IDs can match the pattern.