View and edit a PDF's title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer and dates in your browser, or strip all metadata for privacy before sharing.
Every PDF carries a small block of hidden facts: its title, author, subject, keywords, the app that created it, the app that produced the file, and the dates it was created and last modified. This tool shows those fields for your PDF, lets you edit any of them, and can wipe them all before you share the file. It works on the document-information dictionary with pdf-lib, entirely in your browser, and it leaves the pages themselves untouched.
Most PDFs keep their metadata in a document-information dictionary: Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, Creator, Producer, CreationDate and ModDate. Many files also embed an XMP packet, a second copy of similar facts written as XML. This tool edits the document-information dictionary and removes the XMP packet on save, because pdf-lib does not rewrite XMP and a stale packet could contradict your edits.
The fields often reveal more than you intend: the author is frequently the username of whoever exported the file from Word or another app, the creator and producer name the software and sometimes its version, and the dates show when the document was made and edited. Clearing them before you send a CV, a contract or a report keeps that background out of the file.
No. It removes the document-information fields and the XMP packet only. It does not touch the page content, so a name printed in the text, hidden text, comments and other annotations, embedded files, bookmarks, form field values or metadata inside embedded images are all still there. Treat it as one step of cleaning a file, not a guarantee.
Creator is meant to name the application that made the original content, for example Microsoft Word. Producer names the application that converted or wrote it out as a PDF, for example a print driver or a PDF library. They are often different, and either can be edited or cleared here.
No. The tool opens your file without letting pdf-lib stamp its own producer or the current time, so the Modified date only changes if you change it. If you want it to show the time of your edit, press Now next to Modified.
No. The pages, text and images are left as they are and the file is saved again with its metadata changed. The file size can still shift slightly because the file is rewritten. A digital signature on the PDF will no longer validate after any edit, so do not use this on a document that has to stay signed.
Not directly. An encrypted PDF cannot be read without its password, so the tool asks you to remove the protection with Unlock PDF first. If you want to protect the edited file again afterwards, use Protect PDF.
No. The file is read and rewritten by pdf-lib in your browser tab and nothing is transmitted, which matters when the whole point is to keep identifying details private.
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