Redact

Redact is an app for bulk deleting or editing posts, comments, likes, messages, and other content across more than 35 services. Users can filter by keywords, hashtags, date range, or content type, then preview items before deletion. Supported services include Twitter/X, Facebook, Discord, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, and Slack. The Free plan covers the last 30 days of Twitter/X, Discord, and Facebook content and Reddit history anonymization at any date. Premium costs $7.99 a month, billed $95.88 yearly, and adds unlimited deletion, all major social platforms, scheduled deletion, and two accounts per platform. Scheduled cleanup is available on Premium and above, with recurring or custom intervals. For social and messaging cleanup, credentials and content pass directly between a user's device and the service; Redact receives de-identified usage and diagnostic information. Its local archive can save a copy before deletion, but is off by default. Deletion speed depends on platform limits, supported content types vary, and integrations may pause when platforms change. Redact cannot restore deleted content or remove copies others have made.

Redact offers filtering and preview tools for bulk cleanup across a broad service list. Check plan coverage and platform limits first, since supported content varies and deleted material cannot be recovered through Redact.

Redact suits people who want to review and clean up content across multiple social, messaging, or professional services. It may also suit users seeking recurring cleanup or a local copy before deletion.

Overview

Redact is a bulk cleanup app for people who want to delete or edit activity across social, messaging, professional and productivity accounts. It suits anyone managing substantial account histories; its strongest advantage is letting you narrow and review content before acting, while broad access and recurring cleanup require a paid plan.

It covers more than 35 services, but the available content types and actions vary by platform. Deletion is also permanent from Redact’s perspective: it cannot restore material after a platform removes it or erase copies others have made.

Key features

Filter and preview before cleanup

Keyword, hashtag, date-range and content-type filters help focus a cleanup, and previews let users check items before deletion. That combination is useful when a large history contains material worth keeping. It does not remove the need to review carefully, because supported content types differ by service.

Broad integrations and scheduled deletion

Supported services include Twitter/X, Facebook, Discord, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads and Slack, alongside other social, messaging, professional and productivity services. Scheduled Deletion can repeat every three or six months, yearly, or at a custom interval, but starts at Premium. Platform rate limits can slow work, and an integration may pause when a service changes.

Privacy and recovery trade-offs

For social and messaging cleanup, credentials and content move directly between the user's device and the service; Redact receives de-identified usage and diagnostic information. Redact says it encrypts data at rest and in transit. Its local archive can save content to the device before deletion, but is off by default, so users who want a fallback should enable it before cleanup.

Broker removals and OSINT scans work differently: they can require sending identifying information to data brokers or breach-detection services, and scan results may pass through Redact servers temporarily. Redact says data passing through its servers for these tasks is encrypted and destroyed after processing. Its broker removal service covers 120 sites, with continuous removal, automated request handling and household coverage.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and covers the last 30 days of Twitter/X, Discord and Facebook content, Reddit history anonymization at any date, and desktop and mobile apps. It is a limited way to start, not broad ongoing cleanup: it does not include unlimited deletion, all major social platforms or scheduled deletions.

Premium costs $7.99 a month, billed $95.88 billed yearly. It adds unlimited deletion, all major social platforms, scheduled deletions and two accounts per platform. This is the practical fit for individuals who want recurring cleanup across major social accounts without professional-platform features.

Ultimate costs $14.99 a month, billed $179.88 billed yearly. It adds professional platforms including LinkedIn and Slack, advanced filtering, priority 1:1 support and five accounts per platform. Choose it when those platforms, added filtering or more accounts matter; otherwise Premium covers the core cleanup functions for less.

Enterprise Platform has custom pricing, billed yearly or monthly, for workforce privacy, compliance archiving, SSO/SAML, broker removal, scheduled deletions and exposed-data monitoring. Projects uses custom project-based pricing for social cleanup, executive reputation protection, incident response, privacy audits and content archiving. Redact Managed has custom pricing billed yearly for brand-page management, monitoring and reporting, custom retention policies and SLA guarantees. These are business-oriented options rather than substitutes for an individual plan.

Redact has no free trial. Deletion permanence makes the preview and optional local archive particularly important before using any plan.

Platforms

Redact supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. The Free plan includes desktop and mobile apps, giving users a way to start on either device category.

Who it's for

Redact is best for people who need to clean or maintain activity across multiple accounts and value filters and previews before deletion. Premium is the strongest fit for broad personal social cleanup; Ultimate suits users who also need professional services such as LinkedIn or Slack, or manage more accounts. Its business plans address workforce, executive or brand privacy needs.

It is less suitable for anyone who needs guaranteed uninterrupted integrations, platform-independent recovery, or removal of copies already saved by others. Deletion speed and coverage depend on the services involved.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Filters and previews provide meaningful control over what is selected before irreversible deletion.
• Pros: More than 35 services and five supported desktop and mobile operating systems give it broad reach.
• Pros: Premium includes unlimited deletion and recurring schedules, while Ultimate adds professional platforms and five accounts per platform.
• Cons: The free plan limits cleanup to recent Twitter/X, Discord and Facebook content, plus Reddit anonymization.
• Cons: Service-specific content support, rate limits and temporary integration pauses can constrain or delay cleanup.
• Cons: Deleted content cannot be restored through Redact, and its local archive is off by default.
• Cons: Broker removal and OSINT scans may involve sharing identifying information with external services.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison of removal services, see Data Removal Services.

• Kanary is a paid service with a free plan, a free mobile automated removal tool and a Professional plan at $9.99 a month for managed scans and more support; consider it when those removal-service features are the priority.
• Optery is a freemium option with free quarterly exposure reports, self-service removal tools and standard email support; its Core plan costs $3.99 a month. Choose it when exposure reports and a lower-priced paid tier fit better.
• VALT Data Broker Removal has a free plan with dVPN protection, ad-supported secure browsing, a seven-day activity lookback, connected apps and data widgets; consider it for those free features.
• Privacy Bee is a paid service with a free plan; its Essentials plan costs $8 a month when billed approximately annually and focuses on 517 people-search sites, with other sites not included. Consider it when that scope fits your needs.
• PrivacyHawk is freemium, with a Premium plan at $19.99 a month for automatic monthly removals, continuous monitoring and digital-footprint cleanup; consider it if that set of removal and monitoring features is a closer fit.
• DuckDuckGo Personal Information Removal is a paid service without a free plan but with a free trial; its Plus monthly plan is $9.99 a month for one person and one device, and removal is U.S.-only. Consider it when that scope and trial matter more than Redact's free option.
• Incogni is a paid service without a free plan or trial; its Family Unlimited plan costs $22.99 a year and covers up to five members, 420+ broker sites, 3,000+ additional sites and unlimited custom removal requests. Consider it for that family-oriented coverage.
• Cloaked is a paid service without a free plan, with Individual at $14.99 a month and Couple at $19.99 a month; consider it if those account options suit you.

Verdict

Premium is the clearest fit for personal social accounts; move to Ultimate for professional platforms or more accounts. Look elsewhere if recovery, consistent platform access or avoiding external sharing for broker scans is more important than Redact’s filtering and breadth.