How does Redact work?
Mass delete posts, comments, likes, DMs and many more across 35+ platforms.
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Start Deleting in 3 Simple Steps
Remove posts, comments, likes, DMs and more across 35+ platforms.
Scan data broker sites to find where your personal information is exposed and automatically remove it.
Download the application on desktop or mobile.
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Connect to your desired platforms.
Connect each service individually, or use our browser import function to quickly log in to all your accounts.
You sign in on each platform’s own login pages, inside the app. Your credentials and sessions are stored only on your device. They are never sent to us, and we have no way to see them.
Please note, some platforms do require Redact Premium.
Manage Your Digital Footprint!
Filter by keywords, hashtags, timeframe, content type and more, or just select everything and bulk delete your entire history to start fresh.
Preview every item before it’s removed, and optionally keep a local archive copy on your device. Then Redact works through your history on your machine.
All of the work happens on your device.
Redact is an app, not a cloud service. It runs its own web browser on your computer, opens each platform, finds your old content, and deletes it for you. Nothing is handed off to us.
Your device
Scanning, filtering, deleting, and archiving all run here.
Your logins, content, and deletions travel straight between you and each platform.
The platforms
Twitter/X, Reddit, Discord, Facebook, and 35+ more, accessed through their own login pages.
Redact’s servers: not in the loop.
Our servers only handle your account: the email you sign up with and your subscription status. There is no infrastructure on our side that can receive your content or logins.
Backups are local-only, and only if you ask.
Before deleting, you can opt in to the Local Archive: a copy of everything Redact previews or removes, saved to the app’s data folder on your computer. It’s off by default and never leaves your disk.
What we can see, and what we can’t.
Here is the complete list, in both directions.
What our servers receive
Your email & subscription status
Used to sign you in and manage billing. Card details go straight to our payment processors. We never see them.
Anonymized crash & usage data
Privacy-masked diagnostics so we can fix bugs and see which features matter. Sensitive fields are scrubbed automatically, and your content is never included.
Data broker confirmations (only if you use that feature)
Some data brokers require clicking a confirmation email to finish a removal. Our servers briefly process those emails: encrypted, used for nothing else, deleted once the removal completes.
Relayed breach-scan queries (only if you use that feature)
A few scan providers require authenticated requests from us. Results are encrypted, delivered to your device, then deleted from our servers.
What never reaches our servers
Your passwords & logins
You sign in on each platform's own pages, inside the app. Sessions are stored only on your device and are never transmitted to us.
Your posts, messages & media
Content travels directly between your device and the platform. It has no route to our servers.
What you delete
Your deletion history lives in the app's local database, on your machine.
Your local archive
Stored in the app's data folder on your disk. Never uploaded, never synced.
That’s the whole list. If we were ever compelled to hand over user data, the left column is everything that exists. Read the full privacy policy →
Honest about the limits.
Here’s what Redact can’t do, and what to expect.
Bulk deletes take time.
Platforms rate-limit how quickly content can be removed, so Redact paces itself to keep your account safe. Bulk deleting years of history can take hours.
Platforms change, and we keep up.
When a platform redesigns or tightens its bot defenses, a service can pause until we ship an update. We maintain every integration continuously, so you don't have to do anything.
Deleted means deleted.
Once content is gone from a platform, neither you nor we can restore it. Nothing can recall copies others already made, like screenshots or web archives. Preview every batch first, and enable the Local Archive if you want your own copy.
Capabilities vary by service.
What you can remove (posts, likes, DMs, media) differs per platform, and some services require Redact Premium. We publish exactly what's supported for every service.
See per-service capabilities →Connect. Manage. Redact.
Available on every platform
FAQ
Redact runs entirely on your device and connects directly to the platforms you're cleaning up. There is no Redact server in between. Your logins, content, and deletion history never leave your machine. Our servers only know the email address you signed up with and your subscription status.
We collect your email address to create and manage your account. Billing is handled by our payment processors, so we never see your full card details. The app also sends anonymized, privacy-masked crash and usage diagnostics so we can fix bugs. These never include your content, credentials, or anything you delete. If you use data broker removal or breach scanning, the temporary server-side processing those features require is spelled out in our privacy policy.
No. The app talks directly to each platform from your device, so there is no infrastructure on our side that can receive your content. If we were ever compelled to hand over user data, all that exists is your email address and subscription status.
Yes. Turn on the Local Archive in settings and Redact saves a copy of everything it previews or removes to the app's data folder on your computer. It's off by default, stays on your disk, and is never uploaded anywhere.
Redact can't restore content once a platform has deleted it, recall copies other people already made (like screenshots or web archives), or bypass platform rate limits, so big cleanups take time. Supported content types also vary per service, and an integration can briefly pause when a platform changes until we ship an update.
Data brokers, scammers, and large corporations process and sell your personal information at a scale that was impossible just a few years ago. Redact finds where your data is exposed and automatically removes it, so no one can use your old content against you.
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Yes. Redact is a privacy-first company: we collect as little data as possible, the app processes everything on your device, and no one, not even Redact, can view the content you manage in the application. We've been protecting people's privacy since 2020.
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