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PDF Metadata Viewer & Remover

Inspect all hidden metadata in your PDF files and remove it with a single click. See exactly what information your document reveals before cleaning it.

Part of our Remove PDF Metadata suite

About This Tool

Most people have never looked at their PDF's metadata — and that's exactly the problem. You can't protect information you don't know exists. This viewer lets you drop in any PDF and instantly see every hidden field: who authored it, what software generated it, when it was created, when it was last touched, and any custom properties that got added along the way. Consider it a health check for your documents. Maybe you'll find that your name is embedded in files you share publicly. Maybe you'll discover that your company's PDFs are advertising which version of Microsoft Office you're running. Maybe everything looks clean and you'll have peace of mind. Either way, the viewer gives you the information, and if you decide something needs to go, you can remove all metadata on the spot. The file never leaves your browser during any of this — viewing and removal both happen through local JavaScript processing.

How It Works

1

Upload Your PDF

Drag and drop or click to select the PDF you want to inspect and clean

2

Review the Metadata

See every hidden field — author, creation date, software used, title, subject, and more — laid out in a clear table

3

Remove & Download

Strip out all metadata with one click and download a clean PDF ready to share

Who Uses This Tool

Forensic Analysts & Investigators

Document Forensics

Inspect PDFs to verify authorship, creation timelines, and originating software as part of fraud investigations or dispute resolution

Privacy Officers & DPOs

Privacy Audits

Audit a sample of published documents to assess whether your organization is inadvertently leaking personal data through metadata

Investigative Journalists

Journalism Verification

Examine metadata in documents received from sources to verify authenticity, creation dates, and originating systems

Procurement & Compliance Teams

Vendor Due Diligence

Inspect documents received from vendors and partners to understand what tools they're using and verify document provenance

Pro Tips

Run a Random Audit

Grab five or six PDFs from your recent documents and drop them in the viewer one at a time. Treat it as a privacy audit — the results are often eye-opening.

Check Files You've Received Too

Viewing metadata isn't just about your own files. Check PDFs you've received from others to understand what information people routinely leak.

Look at the Dates

Creation and modification dates can reveal more than you'd expect. A document dated months before a supposed 'new' release raises questions. An old creation date on a 'freshly drafted' contract is suspicious.

Share Findings with Colleagues

If you find sensitive metadata in your team's documents, share the discovery. Most people simply don't know this information is embedded, and a quick demo goes a long way.

8 in 10
PDFs contain metadata the creator doesn't know about
Read-only
mode available — inspect without modifying
Private
viewing — no data transmitted, no logs created

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