Scrub
Remove all metadata from a PDF
Drop a PDF to see what it's hiding, then wipe it clean with one click. Author names, software fingerprints, and timestamps — gone. Nothing is uploaded.
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Why strip PDF metadata?
Every PDF quietly records who made it, which software they used, and when. Before you send a résumé, a legal filing, a whistleblower document, or a client deliverable, that hidden data can reveal more than you intend — your full name, your employer's licensed software, even the original template's owner. Scrubbing it removes that trail while leaving the document itself perfectly intact.
Read the guides →Does my PDF get uploaded?
No. MetaScrub runs entirely in your browser. Your file is read into the tab, processed in memory, and the clean copy is handed straight back to you. The page’s Content-Security-Policy (connect-src 'none') stops it from making any network request at all, which you can confirm in your browser’s developer tools.
What metadata gets removed?
The whole Info dictionary, including non-standard fields like Company; the XMP packet and any XMP attached to pages or images, including software fingerprints like “Microsoft Word”; app-private data; the author names and timestamps on comments; and old metadata from earlier saves that a reader no longer shows but the file still contains. The report lists everything removed.
Will the document content change?
No. Scrubbing only strips metadata. The visible pages, text, images, and comment text are untouched; only the hidden data about who, what and when is removed.