Remove PDF Author online

Clear identifying author and standard metadata fields before sharing.

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No artificial upload quota: processing happens on your device, so the practical limit is your browser and available memory.

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About this Remove PDF Author workflow

What it does

Remove the PDF author and other standard identifying document properties locally in your browser while leaving visible page content unchanged.

Processing model

This focused tool processes the selected document in your browser. The source file is not overwritten.

Good practice

Keep the original file and inspect the downloaded result before replacing an archival, signed, submitted or legally important copy.

How Remove PDF Author works in FileCarpenter

Remove the PDF author and other standard identifying document properties locally in your browser while leaving visible page content unchanged.

The focused PDF Tools workspace is designed for a single job at a time. It does not require an account and does not add a FileCarpenter watermark to the downloaded result.