View and edit PDF title, author, and more
View and change the hidden information stored inside a PDF: title, author, subject, keywords, and creation details. Set them properly, or clear them entirely before sharing a document. Free, instant, and the page content is never touched.
Every PDF carries a set of descriptive fields that are not visible on any page but travel with the file wherever it goes. Anyone can view them in a couple of clicks through their PDF reader's document properties panel.
These fields routinely contain more than people realise. The author field is usually filled automatically from the licence name on whoever's copy of Word or Acrobat produced the file. The producer field records the exact software and version. Depending on how the document was created, the metadata may also include the full file path it was saved from — which can expose internal folder structures, project code names, and staff names.
There is a long history of documents being published with author fields that contradicted their stated origin. It is a small detail that has caused disproportionate embarrassment.
Findability. Document management systems, corporate search, and desktop search all index metadata. A file with a meaningful title and relevant keywords surfaces when someone searches for it; one with an empty title and an author field reading "Administrator" does not.
Presentation. The title field is what most PDF readers display in the window title bar and browser tab — not the file name. A document with no title shows the file name instead, which frequently looks like final_v3_REVISED_2.pdf and does not inspire confidence.
Consistency. Documents that will be archived or catalogued benefit enormously from consistent metadata, and retrofitting it later across hundreds of files is painful.
Before publishing anything. A document going on a website or into a public filing carries whatever metadata it accumulated during production, including the name of everyone whose software touched it.
When anonymity matters. Anonymous submissions, blind peer review, and confidential reports are all undermined by an author field naming the writer.
When the origin should not be visible. A document produced for a client using an internal template may carry the internal project name in the subject field or the folder path in the producer information.
As routine hygiene. Clearing metadata before external distribution costs seconds and removes an entire category of accidental disclosure.
Publishers and web teams set proper titles and clear internal author names before documents go live. Researchers strip identifying fields before submitting for blind review. Legal teams clear metadata on documents being disclosed or filed. Agencies remove internal project references from client deliverables. Anyone archiving documents adds consistent titles and keywords so files can be found later.
Upload your PDF by dragging it onto the box or clicking to browse. The current values are shown for you to review — this alone is often revealing, as most people have never looked. Edit the fields you want to change or clear the ones that should not travel with the document, then download the updated file.
Metadata is stored in a separate part of the file from the page content. Changing it does not affect a single page, font, or image. The document looks and behaves exactly as before, and the file size barely changes. This makes metadata editing completely safe to run on any document.
Worth being clear about, because it is easy to overestimate what this achieves. Removing the author field removes one identifier. It does not remove names, addresses, or other identifying information from the visible page content — for that you need Redact PDF. It also does not remove EXIF data embedded inside photographs within the document, which can include camera details and sometimes GPS coordinates.
For genuine anonymisation, treat metadata clearing as one necessary step among several rather than the whole job.
Your document is processed in memory and discarded the moment your download completes. Nothing is written to disk, nothing is logged, and no copy is retained.
Redact PDF permanently removes identifying content from the pages themselves. Protect PDF adds password encryption, and Watermark PDF marks a document's status visibly.