# Remove personal data from a PDF before you share it

Upload a PDF and get its text back with names, contact details, ID numbers and other personal data replaced by labels like [NAME], plus a list of what was removed and where, for a person to check before sharing.

**Use cases:** Legal and compliance, Data processing

**Tags:** redaction, PII, personal data, anonymize, GDPR, PDF

[Create this agent](https://seclai.com/agent-examples/create/pdf_personal_data_redaction)

## How it starts

Trigger: dynamic input.
Accepts files: PDF document.

## What it needs

No knowledge base, memory bank or connection to create first.

## Steps

- Redact the document
- Show the redacted text