View and edit PDF metadata.
Every PDF quietly records its author, the software that made it, and when. See exactly what your file reveals, rewrite it, or strip it clean - locally, in your browser.
Updated July 29, 2026
How to view and edit PDF metadata
Open the PDF
Load the file and its document properties are read out on your device - title, author, dates, creator software.
Review and edit
Rewrite any field, correct a wrong title, or hit one button to clear the lot.
Download
Save the updated PDF. The pages are untouched; only the properties changed.
What your PDF says behind your back
Export a document from Word and the PDF quietly records the name on your Microsoft account as its author. Print to PDF from other software and the creator field logs the exact application and version. Send that file to a client, a journalist, or an opposing party, and they can read all of it in two clicks: File, Properties.
Usually that's harmless. Sometimes it isn't - the anonymous complaint with the complainant's name in the author field, the "final" report whose modification date betrays a last-minute rewrite, the vendor proposal that turns out to be another vendor's template with the fields half-scrubbed. Checking takes ten seconds here, and stripping takes one click. Two limits to know: this cleans the document properties, not data buried inside embedded photos (EXIF), and not the visible content itself - redacting what's printed on the page is a different job entirely.
Care about document integrity?
Metadata tells you where a file came from; a seal proves where it's been. Documents signed through Document eSign carry a cryptographic seal plus a certificate of every signing event.
PDF metadata, answered.
What metadata does a PDF contain?
Title, author, subject, keywords, the creating application, the producing library, and two timestamps - created and modified. Office exports fill several of these automatically, author name included.
Why strip metadata before sharing a file?
Because it answers questions you weren't asked: who wrote this, with what software, when, and when was it last changed. Before publishing or sending externally, a ten-second strip removes the whole category of leak.
Is the file uploaded to be read?
No - which is exactly what you want from a tool you're using to check a file for private information. The read and the rewrite both happen in your browser.
Does editing metadata alter the visible document?
No. Pages, text, images, and layout are untouched. Only the properties panel changes.
Does it clean EXIF data inside embedded photos?
No - that data lives inside the image files themselves, not in the PDF's properties. Strip a photo's EXIF before placing it in a document if that matters for your case.
Can I edit metadata on an encrypted PDF?
Not while it's locked. Decrypt it in the source application first, then edit the copy's properties here.
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