Remove author and company info from a bid PDF
Procurement reviews run metadata forensics. A "Author: <your name>" field or revison history in a supposedly anonymous bid disqualifies you instantly. Clean it before submission.
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Frequently asked questions
Which fields get removed?
Title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer and the XMP metadata block. The result page tells you which of them your document actually contained.
Is the visible content affected?
Not at all — pages are copied byte-faithfully. Only the invisible information dictionary is dropped.
Does it also remove annotations or form data?
No — those are page content, not metadata. Use the flatten tool for forms.
When this tool is not the right choice
You need to remove redlined/hidden text layers (legal sensitivity).
Metadata cleaning does not remove visible-ish text layers — use extract/flatten tooling or re-export from source.
Metadata cleaning does not remove visible-ish text layers — use extract/flatten tooling or re-export from source.
You need to ADD correct metadata for archival standards.
Metadata cleaning is the opposite operation; use an archiving tool.
Metadata cleaning is the opposite operation; use an archiving tool.