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Corporate Safe · Document Mode

Remove Author, Edit History & Tool Fingerprints from PDFs

Share documents without revealing who made them, with what software, or when. Page content is untouched — only the metadata is cleared.

What Gets Stripped

FieldWhat it revealsRisk
Author
Full name from Word or Acrobat profileMed
Creator
Software used (e.g. "Microsoft Word 16.0")Med
Producer
PDF export tool (e.g. "Acrobat PDFMaker 23.0")Med
Title
Document title set in file propertiesLow
Subject
Subject line from file propertiesLow
Keywords
Tags attached to the documentLow
CreationDate
When the file was first createdLow
ModificationDate
When the file was last editedLow

Before / After

Before — PDF info dictionary
Author:       Jane Smith
Creator:      Microsoft Word 16.0
Producer:     Acrobat PDFMaker 23.0
Title:        Q1 2024 Acquisition Strategy
Subject:      Confidential - Internal Only
Keywords:     merger, acquisition, due diligence
CreationDate: 2024-01-08 09:15:22
ModDate:      2024-03-12 16:47:33
After — all fields cleared
✓Author identity removed
✓Software fingerprint removed
✓PDF tool version removed
✓Document title cleared
✓Keywords cleared
✓Creation & edit dates cleared

All 8 fields cleared. Page count: 12 (unchanged).

What Does NOT Change

✓Page content & text
✓Images & graphics
✓Fonts & formatting
✓Hyperlinks & bookmarks
✓Form fields
✓Page count & layout

Only the PDF info dictionary is cleared. The document itself is structurally identical.

Who Uses This

Legal Contracts

Share contracts or NDAs without revealing your law firm's internal tooling or drafting timeline.

Press Releases

Distribute PR documents without exposing the author's name or the internal software stack.

Competitive Research

Share research reports or briefings without attribution — keep your analyst's identity private.

Whistleblowing

Remove every fingerprint from a document before sharing it with journalists or oversight bodies.

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