View / Clear / Edit PDF Metadata
PDFs quietly carry your author name, creation software and edit timestamps. View everything hidden in the file and clear it all (including the XMP metadata stream), or set the title and author you want. Everything runs locally in your browser.
Drop your file here
or choose from your device — no sign-up needed
Files are processed locally in your browser — never uploaded to any server
Full-release pricing preview: $6.9/mo or $49/yr · 30-day email notice before billing starts · nothing is charged during the beta
How it works (3 steps)
Upload the PDF
“View & clear” is the default; switch to “Set metadata” to write new values.
Review what was found
After processing you get the full list of metadata entries detected, so you know exactly what was removed.
Download the clean file
Download _clean.pdf — metadata emptied, XMP stream removed, page content untouched.
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- remove author from PDF
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FAQ
Commonly the author name (often your system username), organization, creation software and version, plus creation and modification timestamps. Clearing them before sharing externally is standard privacy practice.
Try it ↑No. Only the document info dictionary is emptied and the XMP metadata stream removed — pages, bookmarks and forms are untouched.
Try it ↑Honest answer: no. This handles document-level metadata only; names in the body text, headers/footers and information inside images are out of scope — use the light editor for those.
Try it ↑No — reading and clearing run entirely in your browser.
Try it ↑No. Any change to a signed PDF (merging, compressing, watermarking…) invalidates the existing digital signature — that is the tamper-proof design of PDF signatures, not a limit of this site. Process first, then sign.
Try it ↑Yes — and you can verify it: the tool runs on open-source in-browser engines (pdf-lib, pdf.js, Tesseract OCR…) on your own device. Open DevTools → Network while processing and you will see no file upload requests.
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