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How to Convert an ID document PDF

Updated 2026-09-17 · 2 min read

The usual reason to convert an ID document PDF is needing to share proof of identity with parts of it hidden.

Exporting pages as images suits slides, listings and messaging apps that will not preview a document attachment.

PDFfont edits PDF text in the document's own embedded font — no white cover boxes.

Steps to convert an ID document PDF

Open the PDF and set the zoom higher than you need — resolution follows it.

Choose PNG for crisp type and clean edges, or JPG for smaller photographic pages.

Export. Each page becomes its own numbered image file.

Check the smallest text is still readable before you use them.

With this kind of document, redaction is the only appropriate tool here, because it removes the data rather than covering it.

One caution worth stating plainly: never alter an identity document — only redact what the recipient does not need.

Remember an image has no text layer, so keep the PDF if anyone needs to search or copy from it.

PNG — JPG softens small text.

Yes, images can be inserted as pages.

Yes. The editor runs in mobile Safari and Chrome, with touch-sized controls and a share sheet for saving the finished file.

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