Find and Replace Text, Phrase, Words in PDF Documents using C#

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FindTextAndHideInPdf.cs

// Find text in PDF and hide it by drawing rectangle over it using C#
using (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(@"path/document.pdf"))
{
  redactor.Apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", new ReplacementOptions(System.Drawing.Color.Black)));
  redactor.Save(new SaveOptions() { AddSuffix = true, RasterizeToPDF = false });
}

ReplaceExactPhraseInPdf.cs

// Find exact phrase and replace it with some other text using C#
using (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(@"path/document.pdf"))
{
  redactor.Apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", new ReplacementOptions("[censored]")));
  redactor.Save(new SaveOptions() { AddSuffix = true, RasterizeToPDF = false });
}

ReplacePdfExactPhraseCaseSensitive.cs

// Find exact phrase (case-sensitive) and replace it with some other text using C#
using (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(@"path/document.pdf"))
{
  redactor.Apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", true /*isCaseSensitive*/, new ReplacementOptions("[censored]")));
  redactor.Save(new SaveOptions() { AddSuffix = true, RasterizeToPDF = false });
}

ReplaceTextInPdfWithRegEx.cs

// Find text using regular expression and replace it with some other text using C#
using (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(@"path/document.pdf"))
{
  redactor.Apply(new RegexRedaction("\\d{2}\\s*\\d{2}[^\\d]*\\d{6}", new ReplacementOptions("[censored]")));
  redactor.Save(new SaveOptions() { AddSuffix = true, RasterizeToPDF = false });
}