Remove PDF Metadata (Privacy Cleanup)
PDFs quietly record the author name (often your system username), the creator software and edit timestamps. This page is preset to "View & clear all metadata": upload and every detected item is listed, then wiped along with the XMP metadata stream — the page content itself is untouched. Everything runs locally in your browser.
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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 a PDF
The mode is preset to "View & clear all metadata"; reading starts on upload.
Review what was found
The title, author, creator software, dates and every other detected field are listed, so you know exactly what was removed.
Download the clean file
Download _clean.pdf: metadata blanked, XMP stream removed, page content intact.
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FAQ
Commonly the author name (often your system username), organization, creator software and version, plus creation and modification timestamps. Clearing it before sharing externally is standard privacy hygiene.
Try it ↑No. Only the document info dictionary is blanked and the XMP metadata stream removed; pages, bookmarks and forms are untouched.
Try it ↑Honestly: no. Only document-level metadata is handled — names in the body text, headers/footers or inside images are out of scope; use an editing tool 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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