Keep Personal Details Private
A PDF may identify its author or organization even when those details are not visible in the document. Remove information you do not want to share with recipients.
Free PDF Metadata Remover
Remove metadata from PDF files before sharing. Use this PDF metadata remover to clear author details, titles, keywords and other supported document properties. No installation or registration required.
Clears document properties, document/page XMP, document identifiers and unreachable old objects. Page content, links, bookmarks, forms and attachments are retained.
Local browser processing · Up to 500 pages per PDF · Encrypted, digitally signed, XFA and overly complex PDFs are not supported.
Technical failures automatically send the failed original PDF and a limited error report to private diagnostic storage, with a three-day retention threshold and scheduled deletion. Successful files and expected limit or unsupported-file rejections are not submitted.
What Is PDF Metadata?
PDF metadata is information stored within a PDF that describes the document rather than its visible page content. It can include the author, title, subject, keywords, creation and modification dates, and the software used to create the file.
- Author
- The person or organization recorded as the document’s author. This may come from an application setting or a reused template.
- Title, Subject & Keywords
- Descriptive details used to identify and organize the document. They may still refer to an earlier project or template.
- Creation & Modification Dates
- Recorded timestamps for when the PDF was created or last modified. These do not necessarily show when its visible content was originally written.
- Creator & Producer
- The applications used to create the document and produce the PDF, sometimes including software version details.
These details may not appear on the page, but they can still travel with the file. Use the PDF metadata remover to review these properties before sharing a copy.
Why Remove Metadata from PDF Files?
Use this PDF metadata remover online before sharing a document. Its hidden properties may contain personal details or information left over from earlier work.
Leave Old Project Details Behind
Documents created from templates may carry a previous client’s name, an outdated title, or keywords from another project. Clear these details before sending the finished PDF.
Prepare PDFs for Public Sharing
When you publish a report, portfolio, or handout online, its document properties become available to anyone who downloads it. Run the PDF metadata remover before publishing, then review the cleaned copy.
How to Remove Metadata from a PDF
Remove metadata from your PDF in three simple steps.
Step 1
Choose Your PDFs
Choose up to 10 PDFs for the PDF metadata remover. Each file is checked in your browser, and detected document properties appear for review. Keep your originals as a backup.
Step 2
Review and Remove Metadata
Review the findings and expand the original metadata if needed. Click Clean to remove metadata from PDF files. The PDF metadata remover verifies each cleaned copy before download.
Step 3
Download Your Cleaned PDFs
Compare the before-and-after metadata counts, then download each verified PDF or collect multiple results in a ZIP. Open the downloaded copies and review their contents before sharing.
What Does PDF Metadata Removal Change?
Remove hidden document properties while keeping your PDF’s content intact. Here is what this tool removes, what it preserves, and which files it supports.
What Gets Removed
The tool removes document properties such as author, title, subject, keywords, dates, and software information, including custom properties. It also clears document and page-level XMP metadata, PDF file identifiers, and old internal objects that the document no longer references.
What Stays in Your PDF
Text, images, and page layout are preserved, along with links, bookmarks, comments, form entries, and embedded attachments. The tool checks that retained document objects are unchanged before making the cleaned copy available to download.
Metadata Removal Is Not Redaction
Names, addresses, and other personal details can still appear on a page, in comments, in form entries, or inside attachments. This tool does not remove those details or clean metadata inside attached files. Review them separately and use a dedicated redaction tool when needed.
Files That Cannot Be Processed
Encrypted PDFs, files with detected digital signature structures, and XFA forms are not supported. PDFs with more than 500 pages or structures that exceed the tool’s processing limits are also rejected. Your original file remains unchanged.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about PDF metadata, document contents, and checking the result.
Yes. This PDF metadata remover is free to use, without creating an account or installing software.
This tool removes document properties such as author, title, subject, keywords, creation and modification dates, and software information, including custom properties. It also clears document and page-level XMP metadata and PDF file identifiers.
You can remove metadata from a PDF without editing page text, recompressing images, or changing the layout. Before download, the tool verifies that the targeted metadata has been removed and retained document objects are unchanged. Open the cleaned copy and review it before sharing.
PDF inspection and cleaning run locally in your browser. If a technical error occurs, the affected PDF and a limited error report may be uploaded automatically and temporarily stored in private storage for troubleshooting.
Yes. You can select up to 10 PDFs per batch, with a maximum of 10 MB per file and 50 MB in total. The tool processes files one at a time and verifies each cleaned copy before download. Download verified PDFs individually, or download multiple results together as a ZIP. If one file fails, the remaining files can still be processed.
You can use this PDF metadata remover online in modern desktop and mobile browsers, including those on a Mac, without installing an app. Processing uses your device’s memory and computing resources, so larger or more complex PDFs may not work reliably on every device. If processing cannot finish on your phone, try fewer or smaller files, or use a desktop browser.
No. This tool preserves comments, embedded attachments, and form entries. It does not remove personal information contained in them or clean metadata inside attached files. Review these separately before sharing your PDF.
Yes. Changes to a signed PDF can affect its signature validation. This tool rejects PDFs with detected signature structures rather than modifying them. Keep the original signed file. Remove metadata from an unsigned copy before signing it.
Open the downloaded PDF, not the original, and inspect its document properties in a PDF reader. Compare the fields before and after processing. For a more thorough check, use a metadata inspection tool that also reads embedded XMP metadata.
No. Metadata removal alone does not make a PDF anonymous. Names, addresses, signatures, and other identifying details may still appear in the page content, comments, attachments, or filename. Review those separately and use proper redaction where needed.