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Paste the original text
Drop in the raw note, contract snippet, support ticket, log excerpt, or AI prompt that needs a privacy check.
Local-first privacy workflow
Redact sensitive text before it leaves your browser
Split-screen review, consistent placeholders, and zero-upload processing for AI prompts, legal summaries, HR notes, and support escalations.
Paste raw text on the left, review the highlighted entities, and copy a clean redacted version on the right. Everything is processed locally in the browser and wiped when you refresh.
Privacy posture
Local processing keeps sensitive text in memory on this device. No request is sent to a server when you redact, review, or copy output.
Processed locally
No server upload
Stable placeholders
Built for AI pre-scrubbing
Client-side redaction workspace
Detect, inspect, and replace sensitive entities without sending text to a backend.
Source text
Review what will be masked before you copy the cleaned output.
Detected entities preview
Paste text to see highlighted emails, phones, SSNs, cards, URLs, API keys, and IP addresses.
Redacted output
Copy a clean version with stable placeholders such as [EMAIL_1] and [PHONE_1].
Choose what to redact
Turn entity types on or off based on the workflow. Leave only the rules you need for the current review.
Local file import
Load plain-text PDFs into the editor without uploading the document to a server.
Detection summary
A quick audit trail of what the current pass found.
No entities detected yet.
Your redacted output will appear here as soon as the selected rules find a match.
Replacement map
Repeated values keep the same token so reviewers can follow the narrative without seeing the original data.
Mappings appear after the tool finds at least one sensitive entity.
Detection boundaries
This version focuses on high-confidence, heuristic detection. It is designed for fast operational scrubbing, not as a substitute for legal review or a full NER compliance engine.
- Best for clear patterns such as emails, phones, SSNs, cards, IPs, URLs, and obvious labeled names or addresses.
- Person and address detection is heuristic and works best when the text uses labels such as Name: or Address:.
- Review the highlighted source preview before sharing the output.
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Review the highlights and toggles
Use the entity filters to control what gets masked, then confirm the highlighted source preview matches your expectations.
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Copy the redacted version
Use the clean output for legal review, cross-team sharing, vendor escalations, or AI prompts without exposing raw PII.
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Who uses a local PII redaction tool?
Privacy-sensitive teams need auditability, not a black-box masker.
Legal review before outside counsel handoff
A boutique legal team pastes internal case notes, verifies every email and phone number in the highlighted preview, and shares a cleaned summary with outside counsel.
HR screening without bias-triggering details
HR teams remove direct contact fields and other personal identifiers before forwarding candidate notes for panel review.
Support escalations to vendors and AI copilots
Support leads redact customer emails, URLs, and signed links before escalating incidents to external vendors or AI assistants.
Security and compliance log sharing
Security teams scrub IP addresses, API keys, and account references from bug reports before posting them to tickets or internal threads.
Operations playbooks for regulated workflows
Operations managers use stable placeholders so reviewers can follow the same person, card, or URL reference across a multi-paragraph narrative.
Frequently Asked Questions
The most common questions about local redaction and privacy-first sharing.
What is a local PII redaction tool?
A local PII redaction tool detects and replaces sensitive information directly in your browser so the raw text does not need to be sent to a server.
Why are stable placeholders better than simple masking?
Stable placeholders such as [EMAIL_1] and [PHONE_1] preserve the structure of the conversation. Reviewers can follow repeated references without seeing the original values.
Can I redact text before sending it to AI?
Yes. This is one of the main workflows for the page. You can clean prompts, notes, and transcripts before sending them to an external AI service.
Does the tool upload my text anywhere?
No. The page is designed as a browser-based PII redaction tool with local processing. Redaction happens on the client side.
Which entity types can the first version detect?
The first version focuses on practical, high-confidence patterns such as URLs, email addresses, API keys, payment card numbers, SSNs, phone numbers, and IP addresses.
Can I turn specific rules off?
Yes. Each entity type has its own toggle so you can redact only the categories relevant to the current workflow.
Is this a free compliance redaction tool?
It is a free operational helper for daily privacy hygiene. It supports compliance-oriented workflows, but it does not replace legal review or formal policy controls.
Does the page work offline?
After the page is loaded, the redaction logic runs locally in the browser. In practice that gives you a free text anonymizer offline experience for the current session.
What kinds of text should I paste here?
It works best for plain text such as emails, support tickets, case notes, exported logs, and AI prompt drafts.
Why is a zero-upload workflow important?
A zero-upload workflow reduces the risk of leaking raw customer, employee, or internal operational data to external systems before you have verified what the text contains.
Keep the data local. Keep the workflow fast.
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