Remove PDF metadata without uploading

Strip your name, timestamps and hidden data out of a PDF — without uploading it.

Drop the PDF you want sanitised

Author name, timestamps and hidden XMP data stripped locally, never uploaded.

PDF — up to 100 MB

Strip hidden metadata — author name, software fingerprints, and creation and modification timestamps — from a PDF right in your browser. Add your file, preview the cleaned result, then download. Your document never leaves your device.

About this tool

How to remove metadata from a PDF without uploading

  1. Step 1

    Add your PDF

    Drag your PDF onto the page, or click to browse. You can reorder or drop pages first if you like.

  2. Step 2

    Clean the metadata

    Click Clean & Preview. The document's author, title, keywords, timestamps, and XMP metadata block are removed locally.

  3. Step 3

    Preview and download

    Check the result in the preview, then download the cleaned PDF. Nothing is ever uploaded.

Cleaning metadata leaves the visible content alone. Redact it properly.

Private by construction

Uploading a file to strip your name from it defeats the point.

Most metadata removers upload your file to a server to process it — which means the very document you're trying to sanitise leaves your control. This tool never does: it rewrites the PDF locally in your browser and hands it straight back to you.

0 bytes sent

No file, page, or filename ever reaches a server. Check your network tab — it stays empty.

Works offline

Turn off your Wi-Fi and it still works. That is the simplest proof there is no upload.

Nothing stored

No account, no copy kept, no watermark. Close the tab and it is gone.

Questions

Does cleaning my PDF here upload it anywhere?+

No. Metadata removal happens entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded, stored, or seen by anyone.

What metadata does this remove?+

It removes the document Info dictionary — title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, and the creation and modification dates — and the XMP metadata stream, which often holds a second copy of the same fields plus tool fingerprints.

Does it change the visible content of my PDF?+

No. The pages you see are unchanged. The file is rewritten to drop the hidden metadata, so the document structure is rebuilt, but the visible content stays the same.

Does this remove text hidden behind images, or redact content?+

No. This removes document metadata, not page content. To permanently remove visible or underlying text and images, use a redaction tool instead.

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