Remove metadata from a PDF

Use Remove Metadata from PDF. You get 2 free uses in total with no account, and one finished clean copy counts as one use. Free files can be up to 50 MB. Pro has no limit on uses and allows files up to 500 MB.

PDF metadata is the information stored inside the file about the file: title, author, subject, keywords, the program that made it, and the dates it was created and last changed. A newer copy, called XMP, can hold the same facts and more. Readers show it under Document Properties.

The properties often show a real name, the name of a company, the software used or a draft title you never meant to share. Wiping them before you send a contract, a resume or a scan keeps those details private. The pages themselves look exactly the same afterwards.

Add the file to Remove Metadata from PDF and the page lists the title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer and both dates, shows any XMP text, and counts attached files, scripts, comments and form fields. Nothing changes until you press the button.

XMP is a block of XML inside the PDF that repeats the document properties and can add more, such as the editing tool and its history. Some viewers read it instead of the plain properties, so a clean file needs both gone. This tool removes the XMP stream along with the properties.

Yes. The author is part of the properties and goes with the rest when you remove the metadata. Names on comments are separate, so the tool offers a tick box to remove those too. Text typed on the pages is content and stays unless you redact it.

Only if you tick them. Scripts are small programs inside the PDF, and the box to remove them is on by default. Attached files are content, so that box starts off. The tool shows how many of each the file has, and the saved copy is read back to confirm.

With Remove Metadata from PDF your file is cleaned inside your browser and is not sent to our servers. You can check this in your browser's network tab while you work: no request carries your file. Still follow your own organization's rules for confidential documents.

Yes. A signature covers the whole file, so any change, including clearing the properties, makes it invalid. The tool warns you when a file is signed. Clean a copy before it is signed, and sign afterwards, rather than the other way round.

Open PDF Metadata Editor, add the file and change the title, author, subject or keywords in the boxes. To clear a property, empty its box. For the pages themselves, use Edit PDF. To hide text on the pages, use Redact PDF.