Does Remove Metadata upload my PDF?
No. PDFDock processes remove metadata in your browser. Your document bytes remain on your device and are not sent to PDFDock for processing.
Remove Metadata requires a private workspace
Create a Free account to use remove metadata securely on your own device. You receive 10 local tasks each month.
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How to use Remove Metadata
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Create a Free PDFDock workspace, then open Remove Metadata.
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Choose the local file and the options that match your task.
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Run remove metadata in your browser, then download the result or continue working privately.
Remove Metadata without uploading your files
Use remove metadata when you are preparing a PDF for secure or lightweight sharing and need a smaller or cleaner final copy.
Remove author, title, and date metadata before sharing a document more broadly. The processing happens on the device you are using, not in a PDFDock document-processing server.
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Before you begin
Do I need to install software to use Remove Metadata?
No. Remove Metadata works in a modern browser. Create a Free workspace to access local processing and receive 10 Free tasks each month.
Can I continue editing the result?
Yes. After a task is complete, choose Continue working to carry the local result into a compatible PDFDock tool without downloading and re-uploading it first.