Review Phase · Identity Cleanup

Redline Name Cleaner

Standardize comment and tracked-change author names in Word documents before you share them externally — rename internal editors or research assistants into a clean outward-facing label without sending a single file to any server.

Free & open source· 100% in-browser· Nothing uploaded· Multiple files

GitHub — source & documentation (AGPL-3.0) →

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Upload Word Document(s)

Your documents are processed entirely in your browser. No file is ever uploaded to any server.

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Saved Presets
Preset label
Replacement name

Save a name you reuse often, then apply it per-file below.

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Review Detected Names
No documents loaded yet. Add one or more .docx files above to begin.
ReadyUpload files to start building per-document name mappings.
About identity merging If two names in the same document are mapped to the exact same replacement name, Word will treat those comments and revisions as coming from the same visible author.
Kirin Chang

Built by Kirin Chang

Research Fellow, U.S.-Asia Law Institute · NYU School of Law
Affiliate Research Fellow, AI & the Future of Work · Emory Law
Member of the New York and Texas Bars

Appeared or is forthcoming in print and online journals and books with the NYU Law Review, UCLA Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Minnesota Law Review, University of Illinois Law Review, Wisconsin Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, among others.