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Guides: redact, scan and sign PDFs on your phone
Plain answers to common PDF jobs on a phone: hiding private details so they are really gone, scanning paper, and signing a form. Each guide starts with the free tools.
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- How to redact a PDF on iPhone so the text is really gone
Why a box in Markup is not enough, and how to remove text for real.
- How to black out text in a PDF so it is really gone
Why a black box hides nothing, how to check a PDF, and what really works.
- How to redact a PDF on Android
Why drawing over text is not enough on Android, and the steps that remove it.
- How to scan a document to PDF on your phone
Built-in scanners on iPhone and Android, and a clean, searchable PDF with DocMint.
- How to remove personal data from a PDF before you send it
Where personal data hides in a PDF, and how to send only what is needed.
- How to sign a PDF on your phone
Built-in ways on iPhone and Android, and signing and filling in forms with DocMint.
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DocMint is free to download. Scanning, text recognition and signing are free; DocMint Pro adds redacted PDF export and exports without the DocMint mark. No account, and your documents stay on your phone.