Remove PDF metadata
Clear the details stored inside a PDF.
Remove the author, title, dates and similar properties stored in a document. This does not remove what is written on the pages.
Where this will run
✓ Runs on your device — no upload required
The ToolingTools service does not receive the file during Tier 0 processing.
Accepted file types: PDF Files can only be added from your device.
Choose a file to begin.
Checking your file
Processing on your device
Reading the fileChecking the fileProcessingWriting the resultFinishingDone
Your result
The result is ready.
What was removed
- Information entry removedXMP metadata streams removedApplication data (PieceInfo) removedModification stamps removedUnused objects deletedDocument ID removedDocument ID kept, as you askedThe document had no IDPhotographs with their own metadata, left as they are:
Not removed: the text on the pages, the names of fonts, the authors of annotations, the values in form fields and the metadata inside embedded photographs. A signed document is refused, because rewriting it would break the signature.
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This tool runs only on your device and never uses our server. If your browser cannot run it, the tool says so and does not upload the file.
How it works
- Add your file from your device. Files cannot be added from a web address.
- Choose the options this tool offers, if it has any.
- Run the tool and download the result.
What you can add
- The PDF document to work on. Accepted file types: PDF
- The settings for this tool.
What you get
- The resulting PDF document. File types: PDF
If something goes wrong
- This file or setting is not valid, so the tool cannot use it. Check the file and the values you entered, then try again.
- This file format is not supported. Convert the file to a supported format and try again.
- This file is larger than the limit for this tool. Use a smaller file.
- This document is protected. Enter its password to continue.
- This document has more pages than this tool accepts. Split it into smaller documents.
- This file expands to far more than its stored size, so it was not processed, for safety. Do not retry it.
- The operation did not finish. You can try again once, or process this on your device. If it keeps failing, report it.
- This browser cannot run this tool, and this tool never uses a server. Use a current desktop browser or another supported device.
- Something went wrong on our side, and we are sorry. Quote the reference shown with this message when you report it. You can process this on your device instead.
- The operation was cancelled.
- This file uses a feature the tool does not support, and it will not guess. Nothing was changed.