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Strip the active and hidden parts out of a PDF: scripts, attached files, links, comments, form fields, and metadata.
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Strip the active and hidden parts out of a PDF: scripts, attached files, links, comments, form fields, and metadata.
A PDF can carry far more than the pages you see. Scripts that run on open, files attached inside it, tracked comments, and the name of whoever made it all travel with the document. Clearing them out before a file goes to a client, a court, or a public website is worth the thirty seconds.
Worth knowing: Everything visible on the pages stays exactly as it is. Only the parts that sit behind the document are removed.
Drag the file onto the upload area, or browse from your device.
Scripts, attachments, and metadata are selected by default. Links, comments, and form fields are left alone unless you ask for them.
Everything happens on your own device, which matters here more than usual: you are clearing private details, so they should not be sent anywhere first.
Save the cleaned file. The tool lists exactly what it found and removed.
This matters more here than almost anywhere else. Sending a document to a server to have its author name stripped means handing that name to the server first. This tool works inside your browser, so the information you are clearing is never transmitted in the first place.
Your original file is also left untouched. The tool builds a new PDF and hands it to you, so you always keep the version you started with.
You choose. Embedded JavaScript, attached files, an action set to run when the file opens, external links, comments and markup, form fields, and the document metadata. Each one is a separate option.
A PDF can carry far more than the pages you see. Scripts that run on open, files attached inside it, tracked comments, and the name of whoever made it all travel with the document. Clearing them out before a file goes to a client, a court, or a public website is worth the thirty seconds.
No. Text, images, and layout are untouched. The tool only removes the parts that sit behind the document, which is why a cleaned file looks identical but behaves more simply.
Remove PDF Metadata clears the document properties only. This tool goes further and can also strip scripts, attachments, links, comments, and form fields. If all you need is the author name gone, the metadata tool is the simpler choice.
Yes, because the fields themselves are removed. If you want to keep the answers visible but stop them being edited, use Flatten PDF instead.
Run it through Inspect PDF Security first. That tool lists the scripts, attachments, links, and actions it finds, so you know what you are clearing before you clear it.
No. Everything happens inside your browser on your own device. Your file is never sent anywhere, and nothing is stored.
No. Your original PDF stays exactly as it is. The tool creates a new file for you to download.
Yes. It is completely free with no sign-up, no watermark, and no daily limit.
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