Can I edit the metadata?

This tool is read-only for now; metadata editing is planned for a future update.

PDF Metadata Viewer

View a PDF's title, author, creation date and other metadata.

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How to Use

1Upload one or more PDF files.
2View each one's title, author, subject and dates instantly.

Features

Title, author, subject, keywords
Creation and modification dates
Check multiple PDFs at once
No upload, 100% in-browser

Inspect a PDF's embedded metadata, title, author, subject, creation and modification dates, entirely in your browser.

What PDF metadata is

Besides its pages, a PDF carries a small set of descriptive fields: title, author, subject, keywords, the application that created it, the software that produced the final file, and the creation and modification dates. Readers show some of these (the title often appears in the browser tab) and search engines and document systems index them.

Why check it

Before you send a document. Metadata often contains the author's name or username from the computer that made the file, and an old title from a template. It is worth knowing what you are sharing.
To check where a file came from. The Creator and Producer fields show which program made the PDF, such as Microsoft Word, a scanner app or a print driver. That helps with troubleshooting formatting problems.
To check dates. Creation and modification dates help you tell which of two similar files is newer.
For publishing. A PDF on a website should have a sensible title, because search results and browser tabs use it.

Reading the fields

Field	What it usually contains
Title	The document's name; may be left over from a template
Author	The person or account that created the file
Subject / Keywords	Optional descriptions, often empty
Creator application	The program the content was written in
Producer	The library or driver that wrote the final PDF
Created / Modified	Timestamps stored in the file, which can be wrong if the device clock was

You can add several PDFs at once; each one gets its own card. “Not set” simply means that field is empty, which is common and harmless. This viewer is read-only. To get a copy without the original metadata, you can rebuild the file, for example with Compress PDF, which creates a fresh document.

For page count, PDF version and encryption status, use the PDF Information Checker.