Redact DOCX Files via C# in .NET Core Apps

Search & Replace Text in Office & OpenOffice Documents, Spreadsheets & Presentations as well as DOCX on Windows, Linux & macOS


Document Redaction for .NET API

A single format-independent interface for redacting sensitive and classified information from the PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents and images, including the ability to change metadata and remove comments. With GroupDocs.Redaction for .NET tool you can redact text and save redacted document in PDF, transforming all pages into raster images or keep the document in its original format for further editing.

Redact Exact Text from DOCX via C#

GroupDocs.Redaction makes it easy for .NET developers to add DOCX file redaction feature with a few easy steps.

Get Started with Redaction API

Install from command line as nuget install GroupDocs.Redaction or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package GroupDocs.Redaction. Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads, and reference it in your project manually.

using (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(@"sample.docx"))
{
	redactor.Apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", new ReplacementOptions("[personal]")));
	redactor.Save();
}

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What is DOCX File Format?

DOCX is a well-known format for Microsoft Word documents. Introduced from 2007 with the release of Microsoft Office 2007, the structure of this new Document format was changed from plain binary to a combination of XML and binary files. Docx files can be opened with Word 2007 and lateral versions but not with the earlier versions of MS Word which support DOC file extensions.

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Other Options

CSV

(Comma Seperated Values)

DOC

(Microsoft Word Binary Format)

DOCM

(Microsoft Word 2007 Marco File)

DOT

(Microsoft Word Template Files)

DOTM

(Microsoft Word 2007+ Template File)

DOTX

(Microsoft Word Template File )

PDF

(Portable Document Format)

POT

(Microsoft PowerPoint Template Files)

POTM

(Microsoft PowerPoint Template File)

PPS

(PowerPoint Slide Show)

PPSM

(Macro-enabled Slide Show)

PPSX

(PowerPoint Slide Show)

PPT

(Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003)

PPTM

(Macro-enabled Presentation File)

PPTX

(Open XML presentation Format)

RTF

(Rich Text Format)

XLS

(Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Legacy))

XLSM

(Macro-enabled Spreadsheet)

XLSX

(Open XML Workbook)

XLT

(Excel 97 - 2003 Template)

XLTM

(Excel Macro-Enabled Template)

XLTX

(Excel Template)

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