Permanently strip hidden metadata, author details, GPS locations, creation dates, and revision histories from your PDF files. Clean your documents before public sharing to prevent data leaks. You can combine metadata sanitization with watermark addition, PDF flattening, encryption, and PDF/A conversion simultaneously in a single batch.
error folder with a detailed log.
ℹ️ The entire page text layer is removed to guarantee no sensitive content remains (image-only output).
⚠️ Note: If your PDF is an image or scanned document, text cannot be found. We recommend selecting "Rebuild & Repair PDF" alongside Redact for OCR, but this will increase processing time.
DocInspector deletes hidden properties and tracking tags at the object stream level.
Standard editors leave hidden metadata fields intact. DocInspector utilizes industry-standard ExifTool engines to scrub document titles, authors, creators, software tags, and timestamps.
XML Metadata (XMP) is stored deep inside the PDF catalog. The sanitizer strips these schemas completely, ensuring no historical tracking tags or editing histories remain.
The system scans for hidden structural elements like thumbnails, embedded files, or private application data (like Adobe Illustrator layers) and clears them safely.
Our online tool is built on the same isolation principles as the desktop app. Here is the exact data flow from your browser to the processed output.
Remove metadata from PDFs online. Strip Exif, XMP, author tags, and timestamps. Process recursively across folder structures. Combine metadata cleaning with flattening, watermarking, or signature stripping.
No. Sanitization only removes hidden metadata schemas and properties. The visible text, images, and layout are untouched.
Yes, all descriptive fields like keywords, subject, and description are completely wiped out.
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