Edit PDF Metadata Online

Change or remove metadata from PDF files online. Edit fields such as the title, author, date, or add custom ones

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How to Edit PDF Metadata

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Upload Your PDF

Upload a PDF file from your device or drag and drop it into our online PDF metadata editor.
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Edit or Remove Metadata

Review metadata fields, make the changes you need, or delete them altogether.
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Update and Download

Click the “Update Metadata” button to apply your changes and download the PDF file.
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What Is PDF Metadata?

PDF metadata is information stored with a PDF that describes the document and its properties. It is separate from the visible text, images, and layout that appear on the PDF pages. Common metadata can include the document title, author name, subject, keywords, creation date, modification date, and other file information.

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Our PDF Metadata Editor Features

Edit PDF Document Properties Online

Edit PDF Document Properties Online

Use the PDF metadata editor to update PDF document properties directly from your browser. You can change existing properties without installing separate desktop software.

Add New Metadata Fields

Add New Metadata Fields

You are not limited to the standard PDF metadata fields. Add new fields to your PDF and enter your own field name and value when you need to store additional document information.

Remove All Properties With One Click

Remove All Properties With One Click

Delete all properties with just one click instead of removing each field one by one.

Edit Metadata on Any Device

Edit Metadata on Any Device

Edit PDF metadata on Mac, Windows, Linux, tablets, and mobile devices using a supported web browser. You can update PDF properties from a desktop computer or another device.

Change Metadata Without Changing Content

Change Metadata Without Changing Content

Editing metadata does not change the visible text, images, formatting, or page layout of your document. It only updates the information stored in the PDF file properties.

What PDF Properties Can You Edit?

Our PDF metadata editing tool gives you control over both existing document properties and new metadata you want to add

Edit the PDF Title

Change an incorrect or automatically generated PDF title to make the document easier to organize and recognize in PDF readers.

Update the Date

Change date information stored in the PDF metadata when the existing value needs to be corrected or updated.

Change the Author

Update the author information stored in the PDF properties. This can be useful when the original author needs to reflect a person, business, or organization.

Add Custom Metadata Fields

Add new fields when the standard PDF properties are not enough. Enter your own metadata field name and assign any relevant value to create custom document-management workflows.

Remove All PDF Metadata

Clear all metadata from your PDF file with one click instead of tediously deleting one field at a time.

Why Change PDF Metadata

Accurate metadata makes documents easier to identify organize, and search. Removing unnecessary metadata makes sharing safer

Correct Incorrect Information

PDFs sometimes contain incorrect titles, dates, or other properties. Editing the metadata lets you correct this information without changing the content itself.

Organize PDF Files

Accurate titles, subjects, keywords, and custom fields can make files easier to identify and organize, especially when managing a large collection of PDFs.

Prepare PDFs for Publishing

Before publishing reports, ebooks, research documents, manuals, or other PDFs, you may want to review the document properties and replace outdated or incorrect information.

Improve Searchability

Descriptive metadata can improve the searchability of your documents in file systems, document-management platforms, archives, and other systems that use metadata to organize or locate files.

Standardize Document Properties

Keep consistent metadata across related documents for your needs. Our PDF metadata changer makes it easier to keep PDF property fields organized using the same format.

Protect Privacy

PDF metadata can sometimes contain information you do not want to share. Reviewing, changing, or removing unnecessary metadata before distributing a file can help reduce the amount of unwanted document information attached to it.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Editing PDF metadata changes the document properties stored with the file, not the visible PDF content. Your text, images, formatting, and page layout remain unchanged.

Upload your document to the online PDF metadata editor, change the fields you want to update, and click Update Metadata. You can then download the PDF with its updated properties.

Yes. You can edit the PDF title stored in the document metadata without changing the visible title or text that appears on the PDF pages.

Upload the file, edit the author field in the PDF metadata, apply the changes, and download the updated document.

Yes. In addition to editing existing PDF metadata fields, you can add custom metadata fields with your own field names and values.

Yes. If you do not want to edit individual fields, you can clear the existing metadata from the PDF and update the file.

You can check the updated PDF document properties using a metadata viewer or a PDF reader that displays metadata such as the title, author, subject, keywords, and other file information.

Whether you are on Mac, Windows, or Linux, you can change PDF metadata with our online metadata changer online. There are no special tricks for macOS or any other operating system.

Nope! You can edit PDF metadata online by uploading your PDF, changing its document properties, and downloading the updated file without installing additional software.

No. The tool currently does not support batch processing of multiple PDFs at once. Upload and edit each PDF individually.

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