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Edit Metadata
Edit common PDF metadata locally in your browser.
Your files stay on your device. Processing happens locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
How it works
- Select your PDF — drag it into the drop zone or click to browse.
- Edit the title, author, and other fields — or clear them.
- Save the changes; the file is rewritten on your device.
- Download the updated PDF.
Why local processing?
Edit Metadata processes your file inside your browser, on your own device. Your document is not uploaded to our servers. The browser may download code needed to run the tool, but those requests do not contain your file.
Check it yourself: open your browser’s network tab while a file is being processed — your document never appears in any request.
Frequently asked questions
- Are my files uploaded when I edit their metadata?
- No. Reading the current fields and writing your changes both happen inside your browser. During a save, the network tab shows no request containing the document.
- Does the file size play a role?
- Each file can be up to 200 MB. Processing happens in your browser and also depends on available memory. Large or complex files may be slow or exceed your device’s resources even below this limit.
- What about GDPR documents?
- Editing stays entirely client-side — there is no server-side processing, so the document and its new metadata never exist outside your device.
- Which fields can I change?
- The standard document information fields, such as title, author, subject, and keywords. Each can be set to a new value or cleared.
- Does editing metadata change the page content?
- No. Only the document information changes; pages, text, and images are untouched.
Related tools
- Remove PDF Metadata — Strip author, title, and other document metadata from a PDF.
- Edit PDF — Add text, shapes, highlights, lines, arrows, and cover boxes to a PDF locally in your browser. Experimental: this adds content on top of the PDF and does not directly edit existing text.