Remove PDF metadata
Strip author, title, dates and hidden data before you share, privately in your browser.
How to remove PDF metadata
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Add your PDF
Drop or select the PDF you want to clean. Nothing is uploaded.
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See what it carries
The tool lists the metadata it found, author, dates, producer, plus any scripts or embedded files.
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Remove and download
Strip it all and download the cleaned PDF, built on your device.
Why clean PDF metadata in your browser?
Metadata is exactly the kind of thing you do not want to hand to an online server to remove, it is the private part. Cleaning it locally means the document, and everything hidden in it, stays on your device.
What metadata hides in a PDF
Nearly every PDF carries data you cannot see on the page. The document information dictionary stores an author name (often your login or full name), a title, subject and keywords, the software that created and last edited the file, and precise creation and modification timestamps. A second copy of the same details usually lives in the XMP metadata stream, and files can also carry embedded attachments, JavaScript and auto-run actions.
Individually these look harmless. Together they can reveal who wrote a document, when it was really edited, what tools your organization uses, and that the "final" version was modified an hour before you sent it. Deleting them before a file leaves your hands removes that trail and effectively anonymizes the document's history; this tool scrubs the document information, the XMP stream and the risky catalog entries in one pass.
How to verify the metadata is gone
Do not take any cleaner's word for it, including ours. After downloading the cleaned file, open its document properties in your PDF viewer: the author, title, subject and date fields should be empty. For a deeper check, drop the cleaned file back into the tool above; it re-reads the file and lists anything it still finds, which should be nothing.
Frequently asked questions
What gets removed?+
The document information (title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, creation and modification dates), the XMP metadata stream, and catalog entries that carry JavaScript, embedded files and auto-run actions.
Does removing metadata change the document?+
No. Only the hidden data is deleted; the visible pages, text and layout are untouched, so the cleaned PDF looks identical to the original.
How do I see what metadata is in a PDF?+
Drop the file into the tool above: before changing anything, it lists the author, dates, producer, scripts and embedded files it found, and you can stop there without removing them. Or check File, then Properties, in your PDF viewer.
How do I verify the metadata is really gone?+
Check the cleaned file’s document properties, then drop it back into the tool; it should find nothing.
How do I remove the author name from a PDF?+
The author field is part of what gets stripped: clean the file here and the name is cleared along with the other document information.
Can I clean several PDFs at once?+
The tool processes one PDF at a time. To clean a batch, run each file through in turn; there is no upload step, so each one takes only a moment.
Is the file uploaded?+
No. Everything happens in your browser, so the PDF and its metadata never leave your device.
Why remove metadata?+
PDFs often embed your name, software, and timestamps. Stripping them before sharing avoids leaking information you did not intend to send.
Does it work offline?+
Yes. After the first visit the tool keeps working with no connection, because all processing is local.
Common uses
Task-specific guides for the situations people reach for this tool for.