# Remove PDF metadata — lossless cleanup, no upload

> Strip PDF metadata (author, title, dates, producer) and rewrite the file losslessly in your browser. Vectors stay sharp and nothing is uploaded.

Strip identifying metadata — author, title, dates, producer — and rewrite the PDF losslessly so vector text and drawings stay sharp. The cleanup runs on your device, so the file isn't uploaded.

PDFs quietly carry metadata — who authored them, what software made them, when — that you may not want to share. Clean strips those fields and rewrites the file losslessly, so you get a privacy-cleaned document without degrading its content.

Because it doesn't rasterize, vector text stays selectable and sharp. To also shrink a scan-heavy file, use Compress; to remove visible content, use Redact.

## How to

1. **Open the PDF.** Drop the PDF you want to clean.
2. **Strip metadata.** Remove author, title, dates, and producer fields.
3. **Save.** Download the losslessly rewritten PDF.

## FAQ

### What metadata gets removed?

Document properties like author, title, creation and modification dates, and the producer/creator application strings.

### Does cleaning reduce quality?

No. It rewrites the file through pdf-lib without rasterizing, so vector text and drawings stay crisp — unlike compression.

### Is my PDF uploaded to clean it?

No. The rewrite happens in a worker on your device, so the document never leaves the browser.


## Related tools

- [Redact](https://www.safepaper.app/docs/redact)
- [Compress](https://www.safepaper.app/docs/compress)
- [De-identify](https://www.safepaper.app/docs/deidentify)
- [Accessibility](https://www.safepaper.app/docs/accessibility)

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