Wipe every piece of metadata embedded in your PDF — author name, software used, creation/modification dates, XMP fingerprint and custom properties — to protect your privacy before sharing documents online or with third parties.
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ZentoPDF clears the /Info dictionary (author, title, subject, keywords, producer, creator, dates) and removes the XMP metadata stream, leaving only the page content behind.
Click download to grab a new PDF with no identifying metadata left. Share it publicly, attach it to forms or upload it to portals without revealing who, when or with which app you created it.
Change the author, title, and other properties.
Inspect the hidden properties of your PDF.
Remove metadata, annotations, scripts, and more.
Strip comments, highlights, and links.
Reduce the file size of your PDF documents while maintaining the best possible quality.
ZentoPDF clears every standard /Info entry (Author, Title, Subject, Keywords, Producer, Creator, CreationDate, ModDate) and deletes the XMP metadata stream that stores extended properties (custom tags, software fingerprints, edit history). The visible page content is untouched.
PDF metadata often leaks your real name, organisation, computer username, exact creation time and the software used. Stripping it before posting documents online, attaching them to legal filings or sending them to clients is a basic privacy and OPSEC best practice.
No, those live in different PDF structures. Use our Remove Annotations tool to remove comments and highlights, or our Sanitize PDF tool for a full cleanup (metadata + scripts + embedded files + annotations + hidden text in one pass).
No. All metadata stripping happens locally in your browser using pdf-lib. Your original PDF and the sanitized output never leave your device.
No. The page content (text, images, layout) is identical to the original. Only the invisible metadata layer is wiped, so the document looks exactly the same to anyone opening it.