Remove metadata from a PDF
PDFs often carry the author’s name, the app and computer that made them, and when. See what yours hold, then save clean copies.
Drop your PDFs here
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PDF files. As many as you like, no sign-up.
Nothing is uploaded. Author, software and other hidden details are removed from every file.
- No ads
- No sign-up
- No watermark
- No daily limit
- Nothing uploaded
Several steps, or a whole batch? Chain this with other tools in a Workflow and run them in one go.
What is removed
The document details (title, author, subject, keywords, the app that made and saved it, and the dates), XMP metadata blocks, private data some apps keep for re-editing, the file names and details LaTeX keeps for each figure, and attached Content Credentials (C2PA) records.
What stays
Text, pictures, links, bookmarks, form fields, comments and attachments are left alone. Words on a page, like a name in a footer, are part of the page and aren’t touched.
Pictures inside the PDF
Photos placed in a PDF can still carry their own camera details. Compress PDF saves pictures again, which clears those as well.
Password-protected PDFs
A PDF that needs a password to open, or that is locked against changes, can’t be edited here. If you know its password, take the protection off first with our Unlock PDF tool, then add it back with Protect PDF.
Your files stay with you
Your PDFs are opened and saved on your own device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and you don’t need an account. Close the tab and they’re gone.
From our tests
- What your PDF says about you, from ten real files
Ten PDFs opened: author codes, app versions, dates and an add-in ID nobody meant to publish.
More PDF tools
- Compress PDFShrink scans and photo-heavy PDFs for email and upload forms.
- Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into one, in the order you choose.
- Split PDFEvery page as its own file, or split by page ranges.
- Organize PDFReorder, turn and remove pages, then save.
- Rotate PDFTurn sideways or upside-down pages the right way up.
- Delete PDF pagesRemove blank, duplicate or private pages.
- JPG to PDFTurn photos and scans into one PDF.
- PDF to JPGSave every page of a PDF as a picture.
- PDF to PNGCrisp page images for text, charts and diagrams.
- PDF to textCopy out all the text of a PDF as a .txt file.
- Add page numbersNumber the pages of a PDF, top or bottom.
- PDF small enough to emailShrink a PDF for attachment and upload limits.
- Add watermark to PDFStamp DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or a logo on every page or a few.
- Password-protect PDFLock a PDF with a password, AES-256 encrypted.
- Unlock PDFRemove a password you know from a PDF.
- Redact PDFBlack out text for real: nothing left under the box.
- Fill PDF formType into a fillable PDF form and save it, optionally flattened.
- Flatten PDFTurn filled form fields into plain page content.
- Sign PDFDraw, type or upload your signature and place it on any page.
- PDF metadata viewerSee the author, apps, dates, fonts and scripts a PDF carries.
- Extract images from PDFSave the pictures inside a PDF at the quality they are stored.
- Crop PDFTrim margins or keep one part of a page.
- Change PDF page sizeFit pages onto A4, Letter, Legal, A3 or A5.
- Grayscale PDFTurn every colour in a PDF grey, with text kept as text.