Remove PDF metadata & photo EXIF
Forensic risk report and cleanup of author, GPS and edit history in PDFs and photos.
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PDFs or photos (JPG, PNG or WebP)
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How to remove metadata from a PDF or photo
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Upload one or more PDFs or photos (JPG, PNG or WebP) you're about to share.
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Choose “Analyze” to see what they reveal and their risk level, or “Clean” to strip it all.
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Download the files without metadata or review the on-screen report, with one tab per file: save the full report as PDF, export it as JSON or copy the summary.
What metadata it removes and when to do it
Document properties
- Author, title, subject and keywords filled in by whoever created the file.
- Creator and producer software (the program that generated it) and the creation and modification dates.
- Identifiers such as the DOI and the Crossmark data of academic papers.
Hidden traces you don't see when opening the PDF
- XMP packets: an extended copy of the properties that many programs store separately.
- Revision history: a PDF saved several times can keep earlier versions of its text.
- Page thumbnails, comment and annotation authors, and metadata stored in each object of the file.
- Photo EXIF and GPS (camera, date and exact location), both in standalone JPG, PNG or WebP files and embedded in a PDF.
Standard or deep cleanup
- Standard, free and in your browser, with nothing uploaded: it wipes the PDF's properties, DOI and XMP, and photos' EXIF, GPS and comments without recompressing them.
- Deep, on our server: it rewrites the whole PDF and removes the revision history, thumbnails, annotation authors, per-object metadata and the EXIF of embedded images. A free account gets 3 uses a day (up to 2 files per task); the PRO plan has no daily limit.
- “Analyze” first shows what each file reveals and its risk level; the server's forensic report also checks the history and embedded images.
Forensic metadata report: PDF, JSON and summary
- A risk level (low, medium or high) per file and what it reveals, by category: authorship, GPS location, device, software, dates, folder paths and edit history.
- The server's forensic analysis also audits saved revisions, per-object metadata, private app data (/PieceInfo), thumbnails, annotation authors and the EXIF/GPS of embedded JPEGs.
- You get it as a visual on-screen report, a full downloadable PDF, JSON for your audits and a summary you can copy in one click.
- Use it as a pre-flight check before sharing legal, academic or medical documents: you'll know what they expose and what to clean.
When to clean it
- Academic work and papers sent for anonymous review.
- Legal paperwork, contracts and tenders that leave your organization.
- Résumés and medical reports with personal data.
- Photos you post or send: GPS data can reveal where you live.
- Only want to view or change the author, title or DOI? Edit PDF metadata
- Need to black out confidential text that's visible on the pages? Redact PDF
Frequently asked questions
What does the forensic metadata report detect?
It gives each file a risk level (low, medium or high) and lists what it reveals: author and organization, software and device used, dates, DOI, local folder paths from your disk and a photo's GPS location. In a PDF, our server's forensic analysis also detects saved revisions with earlier versions, hidden per-object metadata, private app data (/PieceInfo), page thumbnails, annotation authors and the EXIF/GPS of embedded JPEG photos.
How do I get the report, and what changes between browser and server?
You see the report on screen (one tab per file), download it in full as a PDF, export it as JSON and copy its summary in one click. Without an account, the standard analysis and cleanup run in your browser: the PDF's properties and XMP, and photos' EXIF, GPS and comments, without recompressing them. A free account gets 3 uses a day of the forensic analysis and deep cleanup on our server, which rewrites the whole PDF: no revision history, per-object metadata, thumbnails or EXIF in embedded images. The PRO plan has no daily limit.
Are my files uploaded to a server?
Without an account, no: Remove metadata runs in your browser and the document never leaves your device. With a free account you can send up to 2 files to our server's forensic analysis (3 uses a day) and, with the PRO plan, with no daily limit: files travel encrypted, are handled in memory in an isolated container with no internet access, and are deleted automatically after one hour. They're never used to train models.
Is it free? Are there any limits?
Yes: free, no sign-up, and no watermark on the result. Without an account it runs in your browser, with no fixed limit on files. A free account adds 3 daily uses of the forensic report and deep cleanup, with up to 2 files per task; after that it keeps running in your browser. With the PRO plan the server has no daily limit and takes up to 10 files per task, up to 100 MB each.
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