PDF MetaScrubber
Inspect and remove standard PDF metadata directly in your browser. Your document stays on your device.
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About MetaScrub Local PDF
MetaScrub Local is a privacy-focused PDF metadata removal tool for cleaning standard document properties before sharing a file.
PDF documents can contain information such as author names, document titles, software details, keywords, and timestamps. MetaScrub Local lets you inspect these standard fields and create a cleaned copy directly in your browser.
Your selected document stays on your device during processing instead of being sent to a remote PDF processing service.
How to Remove PDF Metadata
- Upload your PDF using the upload area.
- Review the metadata analysis.
- Click View details to inspect individual metadata fields.
- Click Scrub All Metadata.
- Download your cleaned PDF.
Metadata Fields
Personal information
Author and creator information stored in standard PDF properties.
Document properties
Titles, subjects, keywords, and other document-level properties.
Software information
Producer and creator application information stored by PDF software.
Timestamps
Available creation and modification date metadata.
Why Remove PDF Metadata?
Metadata can sometimes expose information that was not intended to be shared with the recipient. Cleaning unnecessary document properties can reduce accidental disclosure when publishing, emailing, or distributing PDFs.
This is useful when preparing business documents, applications, reports, contracts, or personal files for external sharing.
Local processing
Your PDF is processed directly inside your browser.
Preview first
Inspect detected metadata before cleaning.
Clean output
Create and download a separate cleaned PDF.
Simple workflow
Upload, inspect, scrub, and download.