Browser-local PDF metadata cleaner
Strip PDF metadata before you share. Nothing is uploaded.
PDFs carry a hidden record of who made them, on what machine and with which software. Drop a file here to see exactly what it carries, remove it, and get proof: PDFClean re-opens the saved file and checks the metadata is gone before it offers the download.
Clean PDF metadata
Drop PDFs here
One file or a whole batch. Each file is inspected as it arrives.
No upload step exists. You can disconnect from the network and keep cleaning.
Everything happens on this device. Encrypted PDFs are refused, never cracked.
Batch results
Inspect
The file is parsed in memory and every metadata field is listed: title, author, dates, software, keywords, XMP, custom keys and the file identifier.
Rewrite
The metadata you asked to remove is deleted from the document and the file is rebuilt from scratch — pages, text and images are preserved.
Verify
The saved bytes are re-opened and read again, field by field. The download button only appears when every check passes.
Why the verification matters
Most tools tell you the metadata was removed and hand you a file. PDFClean shows its work: the cleaned file is parsed a second time, and each removed field is checked against the re-opened bytes before a download is offered.
That second read is also how mistakes surface. If a rewrite left something behind, the check fails and the download is withheld rather than silently shipping a file that still names its author.
Why not just upload it somewhere?
Because metadata is the reason you are cleaning the file in the first place. The big online converters process files on their servers — several say so in their own words — which means the file, and everything it carries, leaves your device first.
| Tool | Where the file goes |
|---|---|
| PDFClean | Stays in your browser. Verified after cleaning. |
| PDF24 | “Metadata is removed on special PDF24 servers.” |
| Sejda | “Upload PDF file… Automatically deleted after 2 hours.” |
| Metadata2Go | Server-side: “Data sent between your browser and our servers…” |
Before you share a PDF
A one-page guide to the metadata inside PDFs: what each field means, why it leaks, how to check a file with tools you already have, and the traps that leave data behind.