How do you redact a bank statement or ID photo before sending it?

A person or a small business applies for a loan, a lease or a visa. The other side asks for proof of income, an address or an identity. The proof is a bank statement and a photo of an ID card.

The other side needs a few lines and a name. The statement also lists other accounts and months of transactions, and the card photo shows the ID number and date of birth.

The full statement and the original photo go by email or an upload form. A photo also carries hidden data: when it was taken, the device and often the location. A PDF carries its author, title and other properties.

All of it stays with the receiver, and with anyone they pass the file to.

Account numbers and ID numbers sit in the files of a lender, a landlord or an agent. If those files are breached, the numbers can be used for fraud. You cannot see who holds them, and you cannot ask for them back.

Covering text with a black box in a PDF may leave the text in the file. A light blur or a drawn box on a photo can sometimes be undone. Sending the full file and trusting the receiver depends on how they store it.

You open the statement or the photo in your browser and mark what to remove. In a PDF the marked text is deleted. In a PNG, JPEG or WebP image the marked pixels are destroyed. A PDF’s title, author and other properties are blanked, an image’s EXIF and GPS data are stripped, and NakodaX checks the result.

For text PDFs it can suggest patterns such as bank account numbers, card numbers, IBANs and several Indian ID and bank numbers. Each one needs your approval.

You then share the redacted file with the people you name, until the date you set. A download is still a protected copy. The original stays with you.

Redaction works on PDF, PNG, JPEG and WebP only. It does not find names or sensitive details by itself: there is no AI detection. A scan of a paper statement is an image, so you mark the areas to remove yourself. The receiver can still photograph their screen.