Choose a redaction format
Decide whether placeholders, masks, hashes, partial values, removal, or custom labels make the output easiest to use.
Outcome
Your redaction format matches the recipient need: readable context, irreversible sharing, comparison, or removal.
Your progress
Mark each step as you complete it. This is saved only in this browser.
0 / 3 steps complete
Before you start
Visual frame
Review asset
Redaction format choice storyboard
Synthetic format frame only. It explains readability and sharing tradeoffs without presenting a format choice as legal protection.
Synthetic frame
Format purpose
Match the format to the recipient task.
Choose a redaction format workflow frame
Instructional frame for this workflow. Use product screenshots or animation captures after the article copy is stable.
Guided steps
Follow the task, then check the result.
Choose the output purpose
Use placeholders when readers need context, masks when partial recognition is useful, hashes for comparison workflows, and removal when the value should disappear entirely.
Preview the format
Preview the output and confirm it still reads correctly. If meaning is lost, choose a more descriptive placeholder or revise the surrounding text.
Verify consistency
Check repeated values and categories. Consistent labels can help readers understand relationships without seeing raw private values.
Branch questions
Can you see the screen or control described in Choose a redaction format?
Completion check
Support boundary
Support can use by default
- Article slug and selected workflow step.
- Screen or action name, such as Canvas review, Vault resume, or Share package.
- Browser, viewport, file type category, and error category when relevant.
- Synthetic sample shape or redacted sample only after review.
- Intent ID
- Article slug
- App route
Requires your consent
- User-written description
- Email address
- Explicit attachment
- Redacted sample
- Support bundle previewed to the user
Not collected by default
- Raw original document text
- Full local file paths
- Pasted private content
- Unmasked screenshots
- Replay capture
Safe support summary
Copy a scrubbed handoff.
Redactorr KB support summary Article: /knowledge-base/choose-redaction-format Selected issue: The selected format does not appear in export. Playbook progress: 0/3 steps marked complete Safe context to include: - Article slug and selected workflow step. - Screen or action name, such as Canvas review, Vault resume, or Share package. - Browser, viewport, file type category, and error category when relevant. - Synthetic sample shape or redacted sample only after review. - Intent ID - Article slug - App route Requires explicit consent: - User-written description - Email address - Explicit attachment - Redacted sample - Support bundle previewed to the user Do not include by default: - Raw original document text - Full local file paths - Pasted private content - Unmasked screenshots - Replay capture User note: - Describe the step and symptom without pasting raw document text, secrets, files, or restoration material.
Article details
Choose a redaction format
Decide whether placeholders, masks, hashes, partial values, removal, or custom labels make the output easiest to use.
Outcome
Your redaction format matches the recipient need: readable context, irreversible sharing, comparison, or removal.
Before You Start
- Know who will receive the output.
- Know whether the output needs to preserve meaning, support comparison, or remove values entirely.
- Understand that format choice does not replace review.
1. Choose the output purpose
Use placeholders when readers need context, masks when partial recognition is useful, hashes for comparison workflows, and removal when the value should disappear entirely.
Check before you continue: The format choice matches the recipient task.
2. Preview the format
Preview the output and confirm it still reads correctly. If meaning is lost, choose a more descriptive placeholder or revise the surrounding text.
Check before you continue: The redacted result is both safe enough for the workflow and understandable.
3. Verify consistency
Check repeated values and categories. Consistent labels can help readers understand relationships without seeing raw private values.
Check before you continue: Repeated values behave in the way your workflow expects.
Completion Check
- The format matches the recipient need.
- The output still makes sense.
- Repeated values are handled intentionally.
Safe Examples
- [EMAIL_1] for readable context.
- **1234 or [REMOVED] for workflows that do not need the full value.
If You Need Support
Contact support when:
- The selected format does not appear in export.
- Repeated values do not behave consistently after review.
Include only support-safe context:
- Article slug and selected workflow step.
- Screen or action name, such as Canvas review, Vault resume, or Share package.
- Browser, viewport, file type category, and error category when relevant.
- Synthetic sample shape or redacted sample only after review.
Still stuck?
Copy a safe article handoff.
Start support with the article, the issue, and safe context. Raw document text, files, restoration material, and unredacted screenshots stay out unless you explicitly choose otherwise.
- Article slug
- Selected issue
- Screen name
- Action name
Redactorr support case Source: Article playbook: choose-redaction-format Route: /knowledge-base/choose-redaction-format Selected issue: The selected format does not appear in export. Safe context: - Article slug and selected workflow step. - Screen or action name, such as Canvas review, Vault resume, or Share package. - Browser, viewport, file type category, and error category when relevant. - Synthetic sample shape or redacted sample only after review. - Article slug - Selected issue - Screen name or article section - Action name Only include with explicit consent: - User-written description - Email address - Explicit attachment - Redacted sample - Support bundle previewed to the user Do not include by default: - Raw original document text - Full local file paths - Pasted private content - Unmasked screenshots - Replay capture - Hidden diagnostic uploads User note: - Describe what you tried and what happened. Do not paste raw document text, secrets, files, restoration material, or unredacted screenshots.
Support case builder
One case format, wherever you start.
This is the same support case shape used by diagnostics and article handoffs.
- Article slug and selected workflow step.
- Screen or action name, such as Canvas review, Vault resume, or Share package.
- Browser, viewport, file type category, and error category when relevant.
- Synthetic sample shape or redacted sample only after review.
- Article slug
- Selected issue
Private material belongs behind an explicit consent step, not in the initial case.
6 default exclusions