Redacted
2026 ■ Obsidian Plugin
About
Redacted is a plugin that blacks out text within Obsidian notes by replacing selected inline text with Full Block characters (█), or with other configurable Unicode characters. Once text has been redacted, it's gone.
Why?
Sometimes I want to be able to hint at drama without revealing it fully. █████████████████████████
Approach
Select text to be redacted and run the redact command from the command palette, the right-click menu, or the ribbon icon. Three redaction styles are possible: one block per character (giving the appearance of a declassified document), preserve spaces (more aesthetics than privacy), or fixed length. The redaction character is chosen from a dropdown of presets: blocks, shades, circles, stars, or custom characters (✱, ♥, even emojis), with a live preview in settings. Redaction can also be limited to specific folders.