How to redact a Word document on Mac.
Find sensitive text in a Word file and save a redacted copy without turning the document into plain text.
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Redact a Word document in four steps
- Open Capture ▸ Redact Document to File… in ClipScrub.
- Choose a
.docxor.docfile. - ClipScrub finds identifiers and replaces each enabled match with a typed token.
- Save the redacted copy, then read it before sharing.
See what changes
The output remains a Word document. ClipScrub changes the detected text and keeps the document formatting.
Follow-up note
Patient: Margaret Ellison
Email: m.ellison@example.com
Review booked for Friday morning.
Follow-up note
Patient: [NAME_1]
Email: [EMAIL_1]
Review booked for [DATE_1] morning.
The example uses fictional information. It shows the output shape, not a detection guarantee.
Formatting remains with the file
Headings, emphasis and other rich-text formatting remain in the saved document. ClipScrub also supports RTF, HTML and ODT through this route.
Process Word files one at a time through this command.
Review the saved document
Search the output for every value you expected to remove. Check tables, headers, footers and text boxes before sending the file.
Detection can miss sensitive text or flag harmless text. Review the saved document before sharing it.