How to Remove All PDF Properties and Metadata (Free)
Strip all metadata from a PDF — author, dates, software info, keywords. Fully anonymise a PDF before sharing.
PDFs carry a collection of properties — author, title, subject, keywords, creation date, modification date, creator software, and PDF producer. FixMyPDF's remover strips all of these in one operation.
All Fields That Get Removed
Author, Title, Subject, Keywords, Creator (application), Producer (PDF library), Creation Date, Modification Date, Custom properties. After removal, the PDF properties panel shows only empty or generic values.
Steps
Go to fixmypdf.in/tools/metadata-remover. Upload. Click Remove Metadata. Download.
Before Publishing PDFs Online
PDFs published on websites and research repositories should have metadata reviewed and cleaned. Author names, draft dates, and internal software information is not always appropriate for the public record.
For Legal Discovery
In litigation contexts, metadata can be used as evidence of authorship and revision history. Before disclosing documents, legal teams should review and where appropriate remove metadata that could be prejudicial.
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