# String Obfuscator Guide

Obfuscate part of a string while keeping it readable.

- Tool: https://ilham.dev/tools/string-obfuscator/
- Guide URL: https://ilham.dev/guides/string-obfuscator/
- Tool guides index: https://ilham.dev/guides/tools/
- Broader guide: Text Formatting and Cleanup (https://ilham.dev/guides/text-formatting-and-cleanup/)

## What it does

Hide part of a string while leaving enough of it visible to recognise — the usual way to show a card number, an API key or an email address in a log, a ticket or a screenshot without exposing the whole value.

## Use the tool

Open https://ilham.dev/tools/string-obfuscator/, add the input the tool asks for, run it, and check the output before using it elsewhere.

## Input and output

- Input: text.
- Output: text.
- Category: Encoding.

## Privacy and processing
Processing happens locally in your browser. This tool does not upload the input to ilham.dev.

## Questions

### Is this a security measure?

No. It is a presentation aid. The original value is still wherever you copied it from, and masking is not the same thing as redaction.