Remove PDF Metadata

Strip author, title and other hidden details from a PDF.

Processed locally – files never leave your device

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PDFs quietly carry hidden details — the author's name, the software that made them, sometimes the title and keywords. This free tool removes those fields and resets the file dates, then verifies the result by re-reading the cleaned file.

It runs entirely in your browser, so your document never leaves your device. Before sharing a file, you can also strip photo details with the Image Metadata Remover, or tidy the file with the Compress PDF tool.

How to use

Drop a PDF into the box above, or click to browse.
Read the list of metadata the tool found in your file.
Tap “Remove metadata” and wait while the file is cleaned.
Download the cleaned PDF — the result confirms what was removed.

Why use Toolsvine

Metadata is easy to forget and hard to spot: a shared report can leak the author's name, a company, or the app that created it. Toolsvine removes those fields locally, so the document never passes through a server, and it checks its own work by reading the output back before you download it.

What PDF metadata is

Every PDF has a small information dictionary tucked beside its pages. It can hold a title, an author, a subject, keywords, the name of the program that created the file (the creator) and the program that produced it (the producer), plus creation and modification dates. Readers show some of these in the document properties panel, and search engines can index the title.

What this tool removes — and what it cannot

The tool clears the title, author, subject, keywords, creator and producer fields, and resets the creation and modification dates to a fixed date. Dates in a PDF cannot be deleted entirely, only reset, so some readers may still show a date — it will just no longer be the real one. Embedded XMP metadata, a second copy of the same details stored inside some files, is left untouched, as are any hidden layers or comments in the document.

When to use it

Use it before sharing a file outside your organisation, submitting work anonymously, or publishing a document you do not want traced back to a person or a piece of software. It does not change the visible pages at all — only the hidden details travel with the file.

Frequently asked questions

What metadata does a PDF contain?

Commonly a title, author, subject, keywords, the creating program, the producing program, and creation and modification dates. This tool lists what it finds before cleaning.

Will removing metadata change how my PDF looks?

No. Only the hidden information fields change. The pages, text and images stay exactly the same.

Can the file dates be removed completely?

No — PDF dates can be reset but not deleted entirely. This tool resets them to a fixed date, and the result says so honestly.

Does it remove XMP metadata too?

No. Some PDFs carry a second copy of the details as XMP data, which this tool leaves untouched. The main information fields are cleared and verified.

Are my files uploaded anywhere?

No. Cleaning runs entirely in your browser. Your document never leaves your device.