Local-first privacy workflow

Remove personal information from text before sharing it

A free PII scrubber for ChatGPT prompts, support tickets, legal summaries, HR notes, and vendor handoffs.

Paste raw text on the left, review the highlighted emails, phone numbers, SSNs, cards, URLs, API keys, and IP addresses, then copy a clean redacted version. Everything is processed locally in the browser and wiped when you refresh.

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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 PII scrubber 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 PII 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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Paste the original text

Drop in the raw note, contract snippet, support ticket, log excerpt, or ChatGPT prompt that needs a privacy check.

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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 needs to redact sensitive data online?

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 tickets before vendor or AI handoff

Support leads remove personal information from ticket notes, 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 text anonymization, local redaction, and privacy-first sharing.

What is a PII scrubber?

A PII scrubber detects and replaces sensitive information such as emails, phone numbers, SSNs, cards, URLs, API keys, and IP addresses. This tool runs locally in your browser so 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 ChatGPT or another AI tool?

Yes. This is one of the main workflows for the page. You can clean prompts, notes, tickets, and transcripts before sending them to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or another 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 personal information can this tool remove from text?

The first version focuses on practical, high-confidence patterns such as URLs, email addresses, API keys, payment card numbers, SSNs, phone numbers, IP addresses, and labeled names or 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 sensitive data redaction tool?

Yes. It is a free operational helper for daily privacy hygiene and sensitive data redaction. 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.

Can I use this as a text anonymizer for support tickets?

Yes. You can paste support tickets, incident notes, or customer emails, review the highlighted personal information, and copy a redacted version for vendor escalation or internal analysis.

Keep the data local. Keep the workflow fast.

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