PDF Metadata Editor
View, modify, or strip hidden properties from your PDF documents with total privacy.
The Data About the Document
What's recorded inside every PDF
Beyond its pages, a PDF carries a properties block most people never open:
| Field | What it holds | Why care |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Document name (not the filename) | Shows in browser tabs and search results |
| Author | Often auto-filled from the OS account | Real names leak in 'anonymous' documents |
| Subject / Keywords | Description and tags | Searchability in document systems |
| Created / Modified dates | Timestamps from the software | Reveal when a 'fresh' document was really made |
| Producer / Creator | The software used | 'Microsoft Word' on a 'scanned original' raises questions |
The privacy angle
Author fields auto-populate from whoever installed the software — which is how a “company” proposal reveals it was written by a subcontractor, or an anonymous complaint carries its writer's name. Before sharing anything sensitive, view the metadata and blank what shouldn't travel. The same logic applies to photos, where the equivalent job — stripping location and device data — belongs to the EXIF remover.
The polish angle
For documents you publish — reports, whitepapers, price lists — a proper title, author and keywords are small professionalism that pays: search engines index PDF metadata, and “Microsoft Word - final_v3_REAL.docx” as a browser-tab title undoes an otherwise polished document. Set the fields here, then finish the pipeline: compress for distribution and protect if it shouldn't be edited downstream.