Find Text Locator
Find every occurrence of text in a PDF and report page number + surrounding context — for review, redaction prep, or migration planning.
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How does the Find Text Locator work?
Find every occurrence of a text string in a PDF and report it back with page number, character index, and surrounding context. Useful for: review prep ("how many times does this term appear?"), redaction planning ("show me everywhere SSN appears"), migration audits ("which pages reference the old company name?"), or just sanity-checking a document. v1 is information-only — actual find-and-replace would require rewriting the underlying text stream, which pdf-lib does not support; we flag this honestly and suggest the Permanent Redaction + Edit Text Overlay chain for manual replacement.
🔒 Security & Privacy
All processing happens on your device. Your files never leave your browser, never touch our servers, and are not stored anywhere. Close the tab and the file is gone.
📱 Use it on any device
Works in any modern browser — Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android, and tablets. No installation, no app to download. Just open the page and start.
⚡ Quick & easy
Drag, drop, click. Most files process in seconds, not minutes. No watermarks added to your output, no per-day limits, and the tool always shows the result before asking you to download.
🎁 Always free, no signup
Free to use, every time. No account creation, no email required, no “trial” that converts to a paid plan. We make money from ads so you don’t have to pay.
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