Spreadsheet redactions

GroupDocs.Redaction allows to redact data of sensitive or private nature from your XLS, XLSX, ODS spreadsheet document formats and others. See full list at supported document formats article.

Redact spreadsheet content

Python

import groupdocs.redaction as gr
import groupdocs.redaction.options as gro
import groupdocs.redaction.redactions as grr

def run():

    # Specify the redaction options
    repl_opt = grr.ReplacementOptions("-redacted-")
    ex_red = grr.ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", repl_opt)

    #Load the document to be redacted
    with gr.Redactor("source.xlsx") as redactor:

        #Apply the redaction
        result = redactor.apply(ex_red)

        # Save the redacted document
        so = gro.SaveOptions()
        so.add_suffix = True
        so.rasterize_to_pdf = False
        result_path = redactor.save(so)

More resources

Advanced usage topics

To learn more about document redaction features, please refer to the advanced usage section.

GitHub examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

Free online document redaction App

Along with full featured .NET library we provide simple, but powerful free Apps.

You are welcome to perform redactions for various document formats like PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, Emails and more with our free online Free Online Document Redaction App.