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PDF Metadata Editor

A PDF metadata editor that first shows you what a file says about itself: its title, author, subject, keywords, and the software that made it. Then you correct the fields and save a clean copy. Many files carry the wrong title or a stranger's name. This is where that gets fixed, in your browser.

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    See What Your PDF Says About Itself, Then Fix It

    Every PDF carries a hidden label: a title, an author, a subject, keywords, and the names of the tools that created it. That label is what shows in a reader’s tab, in search results when the file is published, and in document systems at work. It is also often wrong: a scanner’s model name as the author, a draft title from three versions ago, a colleague’s name on your document. This editor shows the label first, then lets you rewrite the editable fields and save a clean copy. Nothing is uploaded. The inspection and the edit happen in your browser.

    How to Edit PDF Metadata Online

    1. Drop your PDF into the box above, or click to choose it.
    2. Read the summary: pages, creator, producer, and the dates the file itself reports.
    3. Edit the title, author, subject and keywords. Keywords take commas between them.
    4. Click Save Metadata.
    5. Download the copy and open its properties in your reader to confirm the new label.

    Which Metadata You Can Change, and Which You Cannot

    Title, author, subject and keywords are yours to rewrite here. The creator, producer and original dates are the file’s history, and this editor shows them without faking them. That split is deliberate. The descriptive fields are meant to describe the document as it is now, so correcting them is normal document hygiene, the same thing every office suite does. The history fields record how this copy came to be. Saving an edited copy updates its modification date, which is the honest record of what happened to this version. Why bother at all? Because the title is what a reader tab shows, what a screen reader announces, and what Google displays when a PDF is published on a website. A report titled “scan_0042” gets ignored. The same report titled as a report gets opened. Metadata is the cheapest readability win a document has.

    When Metadata Is Worth Five Minutes

    Before publishing a PDF on a website, where its title becomes its headline in search. Before sending a proposal, so the client’s reader shows your document’s name, not your software’s default. When a file carries a previous employee’s name as author. When an archive is being organized and keywords will decide whether anything is ever found again. And when a scanner stamped its own identity all over a batch of documents that deserve better labels.

    A Two-Minute Metadata Checklist Before Publishing a PDF

    Title first: write the headline a stranger should see, with the words they would search. “Annual Water Quality Report 2026” earns opens that “final_v3_PRINT.pdf” never will, and it is also what a screen reader announces to a blind reader, which makes it an accessibility field, not just a marketing one. Author second: a person for personal work, an organization for official documents, and never the name of whoever happened to export the file. Subject third: one plain sentence saying what the document is, which is what archive systems display under the title. Keywords last and few: three to six honest terms the document truly covers. Stuffed keyword lists read as spam to every system that indexes them, and this is one of the few places on the internet where restraint literally ranks better.

    FAQs

    Is this PDF metadata editor free?

    Yes. Viewing and editing metadata is free, with no limits sold back to you later and no watermark. ToolPeko earns from ads on the site, not from your documents.

    Are my PDF files uploaded to a server?

    No. The file is read and rewritten inside your browser, on your own device. Your document never travels to us, which is rather the point when you are inspecting what it reveals.

    Can I remove the author name from a PDF completely?

    Yes. Clear the author field and save. The new copy carries no author. Do the same for any field you want emptied. Remember the original file on your device still has its label. It is the copy that changes.

    Why can I not edit the creator or the creation date?

    Those fields record the file’s history rather than its description, and this editor displays them honestly instead of letting a copy pretend to be the original. Editing software everywhere draws the same line for the descriptive fields versus the record fields.

    Does metadata affect how my PDF ranks or displays online?

    Yes, the title especially. Search engines show a published PDF’s title as its headline, and readers show it in tabs. A clear title and honest keywords make the document findable and recognizable. The page content still decides the rest.

    Can I edit metadata on my phone?

    Yes. The tool runs in a phone browser the same way as on a computer, and the saved copy carries the new label everywhere.

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