About PDF metadata
Every PDF dey carry information wey you no dey see for the page. The document information dey record the title, author, subject, keywords, the program wey create the file and when dem create am and change am. Plenty files also get XMP metadata, second copy wey get more details and fit include editing history and company names. This information fit show who write document, which organisation e come from, which software licence dem use or say dem draft file months before the date wey dey on am. This tool dey clear both the document information and the XMP metadata, and e go leave the pages exactly as dem be. Na good step before you publish document online, send file to the other side for dispute or share anonymous feedback. Metadata no be the only place wey information fit hide: text for the pages, comments and annotations go remain as dem be, so check those ones too, and use Redact PDF to remove anything wey people fit see.
Limits: files reach 25 MB on Free, 200 MB on Pro and 500 MB on Business; reach 25 files for each task on Free, 100 on Pro and 200 on Business. Browser tools no get daily task limit.
Before you sign in, files fit reach 25 MB. Free account go raise am to 25 MB.
Privacy: this tool dey run inside your browser finish; the file no go ever comot from your device. Nothing dey upload, so we no get anything to store or delete.
How to use the PDF tools: Step-by-step help with every tool, limits and your files.
Remove metadata: questions wey people dey ask
Wetin be PDF metadata?
Hidden details wey dey stored inside the file, like the author, title, software wey create am and dates, wey no dey show for the page.
To remove metadata go change my pages?
No. The pages, text and pictures go remain exactly the same; na only the hidden details go clear.
E dey remove comments and annotations?
No. Those ones na part of the document content. Delete dem for PDF reader, or use Redact PDF for text wey you fit see.
How I fit check the metadata by myself?
For most PDF readers, open File, then Properties or Document Properties, to see the title, author and dates.