Wouldn't cutting that hidden text out entirely with a photo editing tool be better? I've heard people talking about recovering text f. Well, in the case of edge

Wouldn't cutting that hidden text out entirely with a photo editing tool be better? I've heard people talking about recovering text f. Well, in the case of edges sticking out of the black bar (this happens a lot for people who aren't careful) like using paint, I believe there is a chance to recover partial, if not, the entire content back. Also, doesn't adding a black bar on top of a text means just adding more bytes to the file, instead of removing the bytes belonging to the now hidden text?