PDF metadata editor

Change a PDF's title, author, subject, keywords, creator and producer. The pages, links and form fields stay as they are. Free, no watermark, and your file never leaves your browser.

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Why edit PDF metadata?

The title shows up in search results and browser tabs. Google often uses a PDF's Title field as the result heading, and Chrome shows it in the tab. "Microsoft Word - final_v3.docx" is a bad heading.
Keywords and subject help document management systems and desktop search find the file.
Author should be your company or name, not the login of whoever exported it.

Saving here also removes the XMP packet. Most viewers read XMP first, so if it stayed in the file, they would keep showing the old values.

How it works

The PDF is opened with pdf-lib in this page, without changing anything on load (many tools quietly stamp their own Producer and dates when they open a file). Remove all metadata clears every Info field and custom key, deletes the XMP packet (document, page and XFA form copies), PieceInfo and the trailer ID, then drops every object that nothing points to anymore, so no orphaned copy stays in the file. Save with these fields writes the six fields you typed, keeps the dates and custom keys, and removes the XMP packet so viewers show your new values. Pages, text, links, bookmarks and form fields are kept as they are. After saving, the tool reopens the new file and shows you what is left.

Making the PDFs yourself?

PDFs rendered with the Shotmint API carry very little metadata: the Title comes from your HTML <title>, Creator is "Chromium", Producer is "Skia/PDF", plus the two dates. There is no author, no XMP and no user name. So set the title in your template and that's it:

curl -X POST "https://shotmint.creasework.com/v1/pdf" -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"html":"<title>Invoice 42</title><h1>Invoice 42</h1>","format":"A4"}' -o invoice.pdf

Each render is 1 credit. €5 buys 2,000 with no subscription, and credits never expire. Try it without a key on HTML to PDF.

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FAQ

Does removing metadata change how the PDF looks? No. Only the document information is removed; every page stays exactly the same.

Is the file uploaded? No. Everything runs in JavaScript on this page, so your documents stay on your device.

Why does a viewer still show a title after I removed everything? When a PDF has no Title, viewers show the file name instead. Rename the file if the name itself gives something away.

Does it remove metadata from images inside the PDF? No. Photos embedded in a PDF are usually stored without their EXIF block, but this tool does not rewrite them. For image files, use remove EXIF data.

Why does it say password-protected? Encrypted PDFs can't be changed without the password. Save a copy without the password in your PDF viewer, then try again.

Other pages: Remove PDF metadata, PDF metadata viewer, redact PDF, compress PDF, merge PDF, remove EXIF data.

PDF metadata editor

Why edit PDF metadata?

How it works

Making the PDFs yourself?

FAQ

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