sanitize

verb5

1. •
   To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.
2. •
   To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material.

   • And yet for all that, the filmmakers were in fact trying to sanitize Mitchell’s novel. — 2007
3. •
   To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system.

   • Remember to sanitize your query parameters to avoid SQL injection exploits.
4. •
   To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file).
5. •
   To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.