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Remove PDF metadata.

PDFs quietly carry metadata: the author’s name, the software that made them, titles, and edit timestamps. Before sharing a document publicly, you may want that removed. This tool clears the document information fields and runs entirely in your browser, so the PDF is never uploaded.

Clears the document title, author, subject, keywords, creator and producer fields. Runs entirely in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded.

Drop PDF files here, or browse

Files stay on your device — nothing is uploaded.

i. Drop your PDF files onto the box above.

ii. The document information (title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer) is cleared locally.

iii. The cleaned PDF is rebuilt with pdf-lib in your browser.

iv. Download the clean PDF. Nothing was uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

What metadata is removed?

The standard document information fields: title, author, subject, keywords, creator and producer. The visible content is unchanged.

Are my PDFs uploaded?

No. Everything runs in your browser and works offline.

Is this good enough for confidential documents?

It removes the document-info metadata. For highly sensitive files, also review page content and any embedded images, which this tool leaves intact.

Embed this tool

Add this free, no-upload tool to your own site with one line:

<iframe src="https://fileanvil.com/embed/remove-pdf-metadata/" width="100%" height="480" style="border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:12px" title="Remove PDF Metadata"></iframe>