Remove metadata from PDF (.pdf)
Step-by-step: what metadata PDF contains, how ExifSweep removes it, and what gets preserved.
What PDF typically leaks
- Title, Author, Subject, Keywords (Info dictionary)
- Producer / Creator (software signature)
- CreationDate / ModificationDate (down to the second)
- XMP metadata stream (often includes editing history)
Why this matters
PDFs leak the office software, the original Word doc author, and editing timestamps.
How ExifSweep cleans it
pdf-lib clears every Info dictionary field and the document references to the XMP metadata stream. Image data is preserved bit-for-bit.
What we preserve
All pages and images; structural document data (form fields, annotations) untouched.
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