The Whiteout Tool allows you to easily cover up and erase content on a PDF document. You can choose from these two methods for applying it to a page:

• Frame a box around an area
• Select embedded text

Once the Whiteout Tool  is selected, you'll see 2 toggle switches appear to the right of the Tool Bar for choosing between Box or Text for the method of annotation and for changing the color between White or Black (Redact requires Pro).

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Framing a Box

The 'Whiteout/Redact Box' tool lets you frame a box over any area of your document you want to cover or erase with whiteout. 

1. Click and hold on the outer edge of the area you want to whiteout or redacted.
2. Drag to the other side of the desired area 
3. Release 

This will create a boxed annotation window that is filled with white space. You can always resize, move, or delete the whiteout window later on and add other annotations such as text on top of the whiteout . You can learn more in our article Edit or remove existing text on a PDF.

To find out more about all of the different types of annotations you can add to your documents, see What PDF editor tools does DocHub offer for annotating & signing documents?.

Selecting & Covering Up Text 

The other Whiteout method in that menu is designed to help you erase or redact text on your PDF without it adding any whiteout space to the surrounding areas outside the rows of text. Here's how:

1. Click and hold to the side of the text.
2. Drag across and over the text.
3. Release when you've reached the last bit of text you want to whiteout or redact. 

Any text to the right of where you released the frame will remain visible on the page even if it's within the window frame. Drag the cursor or your finger across and over any text you missed. You can always resize, move, or delete the annotation later.

DocHub will automatically detect any digital or embedded text on your PDF and only apply whiteout over the text that you specifically dragged the cursor or your finger over. The white area(s) will appear as neatly formatted blocks that are lined up perfectly with the baselines and the top of text while leaving the areas outside the text as it was before.

The Redact (black) option is considered a premium markup tool for Pro users, so you would need to upgrade to DocHub Pro in order to unlock and use it on your documents. See our article Does it cost anything to edit, share, & sign PDFs?.

Also see: Edit or remove existing text on a PDF