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Perform redactions on your documents with just a few lines of code. The topics below cover the core redaction operations using a local sample.docx (the same patterns apply to PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, and image files). Every example is runnable — copy the script, download the linked sample file, and run it.

• Redaction Basics — apply a single redaction or several at once, and check the redaction result.
• Text Redactions — replace or black out text by exact phrase (case-sensitive or RTL) or regular expression.
• Metadata Redactions — erase metadata wholesale or by filter, or rewrite values that match a pattern.
• Image Redactions — black out an image area, clean embedded image metadata, and redact embedded images.
• Annotation Redactions — rewrite or delete annotations and comments.
• Spreadsheet Redactions — redact content scoped to a worksheet or column.
• Remove Page Redactions — remove pages, page ranges, or frames.
• Get File Info — read file type, page count, and size from a path or stream.
• Get Supported File Formats — list the formats the engine can process.

For loading, saving, rasterization, policies, and filters, continue to Advanced Usage.

• Get supported file formats
• Get file info
• Redaction basics
• Text redaction
• Metadata redactions
• Annotation redactions
• Spreadsheet redactions
• Image redactions
• Remove page redactions