Remove hidden data from a PDF
A PDF carries far more than its pages: who wrote it, on what software, at what time, plus any scripts, attached files, comments and form values. Choose what to strip and the visible content comes through untouched.
This removes the data around the pages, not anything printed on them. The visible content is untouched and the text stays selectable. To remove something from the page itself, use redaction.
The document's structure is inspected on your device.
Document properties and the XMP packet, embedded JavaScript and automatic actions, file attachments, annotations and comments, interactive form fields, or hyperlinks.
The chosen structures are deleted and the file rewritten with unreferenced objects dropped.
Same pages, same text, none of the baggage.
PDFs keep document properties in an information dictionary and, usually, a second copy in an XMP packet — an XML blob that many tools forget about. Clearing the fields in a reader often leaves the XMP intact, complete with the original author and every editing timestamp. Both are removed here.
Typically the author's name and their computer's user account, the software and version that produced the file, creation and modification timestamps, and for an edited document, a revision history. For files produced by an office suite, sometimes the original file path on someone's disk.
This removes the data around the pages, not anything printed on them. A name visible in the text stays visible. If the point is to remove something from the page itself, redact it.
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