The tool removes hidden document properties and XMP data, such as the author's name, application name, and creation date. The result is a cleaned PDF file whose properties no longer contain this service information.
When this is useful
You are preparing a commercial proposal for publication on a website and do not want clients to see that the document was created in a trial version of an editor. Or you are handing over a report to a customer and wish to hide the revision history and names of previous editors.
Step-by-step instructions
- Go to the tool's page and upload the source PDF file from your computer.
- No additional settings are usually required; just start the cleaning process.
- Once finished, download the processed document by clicking the link that appears.
How to verify the result
To verify successful cleaning, open the properties of the resulting file in a PDF reader. The 'Author', 'Title', and 'Application' fields should be empty. Remember that EXIF metadata inside embedded images requires separate processing.
Important limitations
Only the properties of the PDF container itself are removed, not the metadata inside pictures. The tool does not change the visible content of the pages. If the file is password-protected, it must first be unlocked, as encryption blocks access to the metadata.