# Remove sensitive information before pasting into AI

Finds and replaces personal, confidential, and secret data with safe placeholders.

- Topic: Working with AI
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/remove-sensitive-information-before-pasting-into-ai

## Prompt

```text
Before I use this text with an AI tool, help me remove sensitive information.

**Text:**
[PASTE — if the text is highly confidential, use a tool your organization has approved for this]

Find and replace with consistent placeholders (e.g. [PERSON_1], [COMPANY_A], [EMAIL_1]):
- Names of people, companies, and clients
- Emails, phone numbers, addresses, ID numbers
- Account, card, and bank numbers; passwords, API keys, tokens
- Health, financial, or legal details about identifiable people
- Confidential business information I flag: [e.g. deal values, product codenames]

Return:
1. The redacted text.
2. A mapping table (placeholder → what it replaced) for me to keep privately.
3. Anything borderline that I should decide on.

Remind me that redaction lowers risk but doesn't remove it — follow my organization's AI and data policies.
```

## What to fill in

- PERSON_1
- COMPANY_A
- EMAIL_1
- e.g. deal values, product codenames

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