Remove PDF Metadata
Strip author, creator, and other hidden document properties before you share a PDF — with a before/after view so you know exactly what's being removed.
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How PDF metadata stripping works
Every PDF carries a set of document properties alongside its visible content — title, author name, the software used to create it, and creation and modification timestamps. These fields aren't visible when you read a PDF normally, but any PDF reader's "document properties" panel shows them instantly, and they can quietly reveal more about a file's origin than you intend to share.
This tool reads those eight fields directly in your browser and shows them to you clearly before touching anything. When you strip them, it removes the entries from the file's property list entirely, rather than just overwriting them with blank text or a placeholder date — a genuinely stripped PDF shouldn't have leftover empty fields or a suspicious 1970 timestamp sitting where the real one used to be. The visible content of every page is completely untouched; only the metadata attached to the file itself changes. A before/after comparison lets you confirm exactly what was removed before you download the result.
Common use cases
- Removing your name or organization from a document before sharing it anonymously
- Clearing software or version info that can reveal internal tooling
- Stripping old creation or modification dates before republishing an updated document
- General privacy hygiene before uploading a PDF publicly, e.g. to a forum or public repository
If you only want to check what's currently in a PDF's metadata without changing anything, the PDF Metadata Viewer tool does exactly that.
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Remove PDF Metadata — frequently asked questions
All eight standard document-properties fields: title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, creation date, and modification date. The before/after view shows all eight so you can see exactly what was there and confirm it's gone.
It deletes the fields outright. An earlier, simpler approach for this kind of tool is to overwrite each field with an empty value or a placeholder date — but a field that's blank is still technically present, and a placeholder like a 1970 timestamp is itself a giveaway that something was scrubbed. This tool removes the entries from the file's property list entirely, which is what a genuinely metadata-free PDF looks like.
No. Only the document properties are changed — every page, image, and piece of text stays byte-for-byte identical to what you'd get from opening the file normally.
PDF properties can reveal who created a document, what software they used, and exactly when — details you may not want attached to a file before sharing it publicly, submitting it somewhere anonymous, or handing it off outside your organization.
Yes — the review step shows every field currently stored on the file before anything changes, and after stripping you get a side-by-side before/after comparison with a checkmark next to each field that was cleared.
The review step tells you upfront if nothing's set, and the strip button is disabled — there's nothing to remove, so there's no need to re-save the file.
No. Reading and stripping the metadata both happen with JavaScript directly in your browser's memory — the PDF is never sent to a server, so this also works offline once the page has loaded.