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search:
  tags:
    - Documents
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Removes content-stream operators inside each region — text runs, images,…
    Reference for the POST /documents/pdf/redact endpoint in the Seal API.
sidebar:
  label: Permanently redact regions of a draft PDF
  badge: POST
title: Permanently redact regions of a draft PDF
type: openapi-operation
---
Removes content-stream operators inside each region — text runs, images, fully-contained vector paths, and annotations are deleted from the emitted bytes (not just painted over). Signature fields intersecting a region are removed. Document metadata is purged. Response includes a redaction receipt (`scrubbed_text`) listing the literal strings that were removed. Percent rects share the same 0–100 space as signature fields. Deterministic in-worker engine — not Seal AI.

`POST /documents/pdf/redact`