PDF redaction library for Android
Permanently redact content within PDF documents. Nutrient Android SDK offers developers a robust API to automate redaction in any app, as well as a beautiful UI for creating, previewing, and applying redactions.
Key capabilities
Programmatically or using the UI
Permanently remove content (not just obscure it)
For strings, preset patterns, or regex
Redact directly in the browser (no server needed)
Trigger workflows, adjust colors, and overlay text
Add editing, bookmarks, OCR, and more


Introduction to redaction
Redaction is the process of removing image, text, and vector content from a PDF page. This not only involves obscuring the content, but also removing the data in a document within the specified region.
Essential guides

Programmatic redaction
How to use the API to programmatically redact content from PDFs

Redact regex patterns
How to automate redaction by using regex patterns in text search

Search and redact
How to automatically create redactions based on search criteria

Built-in redaction UI
Learn about the document operations available in the redaction UI