Data detectors are preventing redaction from working in Preview
I am trying to redact a PDF document in Preview on my Macintosh running Big Sur (the latest OS supported by my Mac). It generally works fine. Unfortunately, Preview thinks that Social Security Numbers are telephone numbers. So when I try to redact a Social Security Number, it offers to create a new contact with that telephone number but refuses to redact the number.
Is there any way to turn off Data Detectors in Preview on Big Sur? I would also be happy to turn off Data Detectors altogether, everywhere on my Mac, while I am doing this redaction, and then turn them back on when I'm done.
This is a really dumb problem to have. Redacting a Social Security Number is about the most basic thing. It's crazy that it doesn't work.
MacBook Pro 15″