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Hundreds of redactions in one click

Build a word list inside your project, or upload a .txt or .csv, and redact every match across every email and document in a single pass.

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Search and redact in RedactBox, with the Word list tab beside Type term and every match for a name listed across seven emails, ready to redact in one operation

Built for teams that redact the same things every week

Lists live inside the project so every audit picture is self-contained. Bring your own from a CSV, or build one in seconds from scratch. You preview every match before it is redacted, and each redaction is tagged in the audit log.

Build a list inside any project

Type terms straight in, or paste them. Each project keeps its own lists, so the audit picture for each request is self-contained.

Import from .txt or .csv

Already maintain staff names or employee IDs in a spreadsheet? Upload the file and RedactBox imports it as a list in seconds.

One-click apply

Pick a list, preview the matches, run. Every match across every email and document is redacted in a single pass.

Multiple lists per project

Keep PII, internal terms, third-party identifiers and FOI-exempt phrases in separate lists. Combine them on the same run.

Tag and categorise

Label each list by purpose, such as SAR PII, FOI Section 40 or eDiscovery privilege, so the right one is easy to find.

Audit-tagged

Every redaction made from a list is recorded in the audit trail with the list name and matched term.

Where saved lists pay off the fastest

SAR / DSAR teams with a known set of staff to redact

Drop your existing staff-names CSV in, run it against the requester archive, and clear the bulk of the work in one pass. Spend the rest of the time on the judgement calls.

FOI responses with section exemptions

Build separate lists for Section 40 (personal data), Section 31 (law enforcement) and Section 36 phrases. Apply per exemption, with every redaction tagged in the audit trail.

Education records teams

Import a list of pupil names or staff names from your MIS export. Apply across every records request that lands on your desk.

Legal and eDiscovery

Privilege phrases, witness names, custodian identifiers: type them in or import from a CSV and run against every disclosure batch in the matter.

Questions

A reusable list of names, IDs, codes or phrases that you want to redact across every email and document in a project. Build it once in the project, then apply it as often as you need. Every match is redacted in a single pass, with a full preview first.

Yes. Word lists can be typed in directly or imported from .txt or .csv files. One term per line for plain text; CSVs are read as a single column. Useful when HR or records teams have already maintained a list of staff names, pupil names or employee IDs in a spreadsheet.

Word lists are scoped to the project they were created in, which keeps each project self-contained for audit purposes. To reuse a list on a new project, export the source .txt or .csv and import it into the new project.

Yes. Most teams keep separate lists for staff names, employee IDs and internal codes, then run them together against the project in a single pass. Combine as many as you need.

Yes. Every redaction made via a word list is tagged in the audit log with the list name and the matched term, so you can defend the decision after the fact.

Bring your own list. Or build it in seconds.

Start with a free account, drop a .txt or .csv into your project, and clear the bulk of your redaction work in a single pass.

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