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A masked Aadhaar is accepted almost everywhere; an unmasked one is a identity-theft risk. The masking has to be real, not a black rectangle over copyable text.
No upload. No watermark. No sign-up. Every tool mentioned here runs inside your browser.
Aadhaar — keep the last 4 digits: XXXX XXXX 1234. That is enough for most verification while removing the identifier.
PAN — mask the middle: ABCDE****F, or keep only the last 4 characters. Full PAN is rarely required for a landlord or an employer.
Bank account — last 4 digits only. IFSC is public information and does not need masking.
Phone and email — mask if the document is going to a stranger (a landlord, a broker, a marketplace buyer).
Auto-Redact PII recognises Aadhaar (12 digits in the XXXX XXXX XXXX pattern), PAN, card numbers, IFSC, phone numbers and emails, and covers every match in one pass.
Turn on burn-in so the pages are rasterised afterwards — this is what makes the removal irreversible.
Run the Redaction Checker with the exact values you masked. If any survives in the text layer, the redaction failed.
Then strip the metadata: a salary slip often carries the author name, the company, and creation timestamps.
Usually yes for rentals and KYC, as long as the last 4 digits remain visible. Check what the specific organisation requires.
Yes — you can download a masked Aadhaar (last 4 digits visible) from the UIDAI portal. Prefer that for identity documents; use redaction for documents that embed your number incidentally.
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