What you're using.
BlackoutPDF is a suite of PDF tools — Redact, Sign, Merge, Compress, Convert — that run entirely in your web browser. Your documents are processed on your own device and are never transmitted to us. By using the site you accept these terms; if you don't accept them, don't use the site.
What's free, what's paid, what a license is.
- Free tier. All five tools work without an account or payment, with page limits (currently up to 3 pages for Redact and Sign, up to 10 for Merge, Compress, and Convert). Limits may change, but never retroactively against a paid license.
- Plus — $19/year. A subscription that removes all page and file limits across all five tools, on every device you use.
- Pro — $4.99/month. Everything in Plus, plus the Pro features (Auto-Redact, batch operations, signature library, Bates stamping).
- Your license key. Your Stripe checkout session ID is your license key and your receipt. Keep it; it's also in your Stripe confirmation email. Activating a license stores it in your own browser — we keep no account database.
- Scope. A license is for you (one person), on any number of your devices, including for commercial work. Don't publish your key publicly or resell it. Licenses lapse if the underlying subscription is cancelled or fails to renew.
Thirty days, no questions.
If you're unhappy with a purchase for any reason, email schwarzfish98@gmail.com within 30 days of the charge and we'll refund it in full. After a refund, the license stops verifying. Renewal charges follow the same rule: 30 days from the renewal date.
The part you should actually read.
- Review your exports. Redaction is destructive and final only in the exported file — but choosing what to redact is your judgment. Before sending a redacted document anywhere, open it and confirm everything you meant to remove is gone. The same goes for signed, merged, compressed, and converted output.
- Compliance is yours to confirm. We describe the architecture truthfully (see the Trust Center), but whether this tool satisfies your organization's or industry's requirements is a determination only you (or your compliance team) can make.
- E-signatures. Drawn or typed signatures placed with the Sign tool are widely accepted for many document types, but signature law varies by jurisdiction and document. Nothing here is legal advice.
- Lawful use only. Don't use the tools to commit fraud (e.g., doctoring documents to deceive), don't attempt to disrupt the service, and don't hammer the license-verification endpoint.
As-is, like all software — but here's the honest version.
The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim (which, for free-tier users, is zero). We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill.
One honest note on why this matters less here than elsewhere: because your documents never reach us, the usual worst-case scenarios — our breach exposing your files, our outage locking up your data — can't happen. Your files are on your device, where they always were.
Changes, termination, contact.
- Changes to the service. We may improve, change, or discontinue features. If we ever discontinued the service entirely, your documents would be unaffected (they were never here), and unexpired paid time would be refunded.
- Changes to these terms. Updates will be posted here with a new effective date. Continued use after a change means acceptance; material changes get flagged plainly.
- Termination. We may refuse service or stop honoring a license that violates these terms (e.g., a publicly shared key). You can stop using the site anytime; cancelling a subscription stops future charges via your Stripe receipt's manage link or by emailing us.
- Severability. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stands.
- Contact. Disputes start with an email: schwarzfish98@gmail.com. Most things are fixable in one reply.