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title: "MAUI redaction SDK: Permanently redact PDF files | Nutrient"
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description: "Permanently redact content within PDF documents. Nutrient MAUI SDK offers developers a beautiful UI for creating, previewing, and applying redactions."
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# Redact PDF files in MAUI

Permanently redact content within PDF documents. Nutrient MAUI SDK offers developers a beautiful UI for creating, previewing, and applying redactions, as well as access to robust JavaScript APIs to automate redaction.

These APIs will be further enhanced and translated into native APIs in future updates.

## Redaction using the UI

1. Select the content you want to redact.![Select content to redact](@/assets/guides/maui/redaction/select-content.png)

2. Click the redaction icon in the popup menu.![Redaction tool](@/assets/guides/maui/redaction/tool.png)

   The content will look like what’s shown below.![Before redaction](@/assets/guides/maui/redaction/before-redaction.png)

   You can customize the appearance of the redaction annotation — including changing the color or adding overlay text — from the annotation toolbar.

3. To redact the content, click the highlighted content and then press **Apply Redactions** in the annotation toolbar.![Redaction toolbar](@/assets/guides/maui/redaction/redaction-toolbar.png)

   After redaction, the content will look like what’s shown below.![Redacted text](@/assets/guides/maui/redaction/redacted-text.png)

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