# Redact It

> Redact sensitive information from web pages.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/redactit](https://chrome-stats.com/d/redactit)

## Overview

- **ID:** `redactit`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kyle McLean
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 15
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-05
- **First published:** 2023-11-04
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/redactit/)

## Description

This extension lets you redact text and other content from web pages. It can be useful for hiding sensitive information before taking a screenshot of a page.

To redact some text on a web page, select the text and right click, then select "Redact It > Redact Selection".

To redact an entire element, right click on the element, then select "Redact It > Redact Element".

To clear all redactions on the current page, right click on the page, then select "Redact It > Clear Redactions".

You can also redact text selections and clear all redactions by clicking the action button in the add-ons menu. This is currently the only way to interact with the extension on Firefox for Android.

## Rankings

- #28,022 — Overall
- #95 — reduce

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `menus`
- `scripting`
- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/redactit)