Redact an ID card or passport photo
Sharing an ID image for verification, travel, or a refund request? Most checks only need a portion of the information visible. Redacted helps you cover what isn't needed without re-photographing the document.
Fields Redacted helps cover
- Full name
- Document number (passport, driver licence, national ID)
- Address block
- Email and phone number, where present
- Date of birth (when next to a labelled field — review carefully)
How to redact an ID card
- Photograph or scan the ID and drop it into Redacted.
- Click Detect text. Names, addresses, and recognisable document numbers are masked.
- Cover the photograph itself with a pixelate or black box if you don't want the face visible.
- Add manual masks over anything still showing — barcodes, MRZ lines, signatures.
- Download the cleaned image.
A note on machine-readable zones
Passports and many IDs include a machine-readable zone (MRZ) at the bottom. The OCR may pick out only some of it. Use a manual mask over the entire MRZ — it encodes the same data multiple times and one strip is enough to reconstruct.
Privacy
The image stays in your browser. The OCR engine, the PII detector, and the mask renderer all run locally.
FAQ
Should I cover the photograph too?
For most use cases, yes. Use the pixelate or black-box mask over the face area.
Will it find the document number automatically?
Sometimes — passport numbers and driver licence patterns are matched when shown alongside an obvious label. Always verify and add a manual mask if you're not sure.
Is image upload required?
No. Redacted is fully client-side.