Does this remove everything identifying from my PDF?

It clears the document properties, which is where names usually sit. It does not touch XMP metadata or anything inside the page content, so do not treat it as a full scrub of a sensitive file.

Why does my producer say something I did not set?

Because the software that generated the PDF wrote it. You can change it to anything you like, or clear it.

Can I change the creation date?

Not here. It is kept exactly as the file records it. The modification date is set to now, since that is accurate: you just modified it.

PDF Metadata Editor

Every PDF carries details most people never see: who wrote it, what software made it, when. This shows you those and lets you change them.

Choose a PDF or drop it hereOne PDF, up to 100 MB. Its details load straight away.

Runs entirely in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.

How to use PDF Metadata Editor

1Pick a PDF, or drag it onto the box above.
2The details load straight away, as the file stores them.
3Edit anything you want to change, or empty the box to clear it.
4Press Save metadata and download the updated file.

What a PDF quietly remembers

Title, author, subject and keywords are the ones people set deliberately. Creator and producer are filled in by software: creator names the application the document was written in, producer names whatever turned it into a PDF. The dates record when it was made and last changed.

None of this shows on the page, and all of it travels with the file. A CV exported from a word processor often carries the author name from the licence on the machine it was written on, which may not be the name you were hoping to send out. Sending a document to a prospective employer with somebody else's name in the author field is a small thing that is awkward to explain.

Reading what is really there

This one took some care to get right. The underlying library stamps its own producer and a fresh modification date into a document as it parses it, which would mean showing you its values instead of yours and then saving those back. Loading is configured to leave the file alone, so what appears in the boxes is what the file actually says.

Clearing fields rather than filling them

Emptying a box and saving removes that field from the document. For anything going outside your organisation, clearing author, creator and producer is a reasonable habit.

Worth knowing what this does not reach: XMP metadata, which is a second metadata block some tools write alongside the one shown here, and anything embedded inside the page content such as tracked changes or comments. If a document is genuinely sensitive, rebuilding it from scratch beats editing its properties.

Limits

100 MB per file.
Password-protected PDFs need unlocking first.
The document information dictionary only. XMP metadata is not edited.
The modification date is set to now when you save.
The creation date is kept as it was and cannot be edited here.

Frequently asked questions

Does this remove everything identifying from my PDF?: It clears the document properties, which is where names usually sit. It does not touch XMP metadata or anything inside the page content, so do not treat it as a full scrub of a sensitive file.
Why does my producer say something I did not set?: Because the software that generated the PDF wrote it. You can change it to anything you like, or clear it.
Can I change the creation date?: Not here. It is kept exactly as the file records it. The modification date is set to now, since that is accurate: you just modified it.