PDF Metadata Editor
View and edit a PDF's title, author, keywords and dates, or clear them all
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How to Use
- Choose or drop your PDF. Its title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer and dates appear, with the page count, file size, PDF version and first page size.
- Change any field. Leave a field empty to remove it. Separate keywords with commas, and pick dates and times with the calendar.
- To strip personal details, press Clear all metadata. If the file has other entries or an XMP block, switches to remove those appear as well.
- Press Save and download PDF. You get a copy ending in
-edited.pdf. Undo changes puts the original values back before you save.
What PDF metadata is, and why you might change it
Besides its pages, every PDF can carry a few hidden details about itself: a title, the author's name, a subject, keywords, the program that made it and the dates it was created and last changed. This PDF metadata editor shows those details and lets you change or delete them. It runs in your browser, so the file isn't uploaded.
People usually look at metadata for one of three reasons:
- Privacy. A resume or a letter exported from an office laptop may carry your company name, a colleague's name as author, or the name of an internal template.
- A proper title. Browsers and many PDF readers show the Title field in the tab instead of the file name. "Microsoft Word - Document1" doesn't look good on a quotation sent to a client.
- Search. If you publish PDFs on a website, search engines can use the title, and a good subject and keywords help you find files later on your own computer.
The fields
| Field | Stored as | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Title | /Title | Quotation Q-118, Office Interiors |
| Author | /Author | Priya Sharma |
| Subject | /Subject | Rent receipts, April to September 2026 |
| Keywords | /Keywords | rent, HRA, receipt |
| Creator | /Creator | Microsoft Word, Tally, LibreOffice |
| Producer | /Producer | The program that wrote the PDF |
| Created, Modified | /CreationDate, /ModDate | D:20261016103000+05'30' |
These live in the PDF's document information dictionary. Dates are stored in the PDF date format shown above, which includes the time zone offset (+05'30' for India). The tool shows them in your device's local time, so a date saved in IST appears as IST on an Indian phone.
Some files also have extra entries that office programs add, such as Company or SourceModified. The tool lists them under "Other details in this file" and can remove them.
The XMP copy
Since PDF 1.4, a file can hold a second copy of the same details in an XML block called XMP. Acrobat and some document systems read XMP first, and PDF 2.0 prefers it. This tool edits the information dictionary. If the file also has XMP, it tells you, because the XMP copy may still show the old values. For privacy, switch on Remove the XMP block. Leave it in place if the file must stay PDF/A compliant (for some court and government archives), since PDF/A requires XMP.
Clearing metadata for privacy
Clear all metadata empties every field and, when present, also selects the other entries and the XMP block for removal. The saved copy is completely rewritten, so old values from earlier edits of the file don't survive inside it. A few things are not covered: text on the pages themselves, comments and form fields, and details inside embedded images (such as a photo's camera data).
Good to know
- The page count, first page size (for example 210 × 297 mm, A4) and PDF version are shown for reference. They aren't changed.
- Hindi and other Indian scripts work in every text field.
- Password-protected or restricted PDFs can't be edited. Remove the protection with Unlock PDF first.
- Your original file is never changed. The new copy ends in
-edited.pdf.