Strip common metadata, annotations, actions, scripts and embedded extras.
No artificial upload quota: processing happens on your device, so the practical limit is your browser and available memory.
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Use this before sharing when you want one privacy-focused pass over common metadata and interactive extras.
The sanitizer can remove standard metadata, annotations, automatic actions, JavaScript name trees, embedded-file name trees and XMP metadata according to the options you select.
Sanitization does not inspect the meaning of visible page content. Names, email addresses or other sensitive information printed on the page still require redaction.
Sanitize a PDF before sharing by removing common metadata, annotations, document actions, JavaScript name trees, embedded-file name trees and XMP metadata locally.
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.