Strip the hidden data before you send a PDF without uploading it.
Every PDF you send carries details your software wrote in: your name, your company, the software version, when you made and last edited it. Before it goes to a client, a regulator, or opposing counsel, you can see all of it and take it out. KeptPDF shows you everything inside the file and strips what you choose, all in your browser. The original never leaves your device.
The file you are about to send knows more than you think.
A PDF quietly stores who made it, on what software, and when it was created and edited. Most people never look before attaching it to an email, so that hidden history travels with the file. Some online scrubbers also ask you to upload it to clean it, which puts the version with all the data still in it on their server.
A PDF can carry your name, your company, your editing timeline, and your software version, all invisible to you and all visible to whoever you send it to.
KeptPDF reads the full metadata structure and shows you every field, then removes all of it or just the fields you pick, entirely in your browser. There is no upload step, so the unmodified file is never part of a network request. You can verify it yourself in the network tab.
A PDF quietly carries your name, your software, edit timestamps, and image GPS, all shared when you send it.
See every hidden field and strip it before you send, with the page content untouched.
What rides along, and what gets stripped
Not a black box that promises the file is "clean." KeptPDF shows you each field first, then removes exactly what it showed you.
Author, software, and timestamps
Author, Title, Subject, Keywords, Creator, Producer, and the creation and modification dates are all surfaced, so you can see what you would otherwise send blind.
XMP and image EXIF, including GPS
Beyond the basic fields, KeptPDF reads XMP document history and the EXIF on embedded images, including GPS coordinates where a photo carried them.
Remove all, or pick fields
Strip everything at once, or keep a field like the title while removing your name, your software, and the edit dates. It removes exactly what it shows you.
Your page content is untouched
Metadata sits separately from the page content, so scrubbing it does not change the text, images, or layout. The document reads the same; it just stops carrying the hidden history.
How to remove metadata from a PDF
Three steps, entirely on your device. The file is never uploaded.
Open your PDF
Drop the file onto the page. It loads into your browser, and nothing is sent anywhere.
See what is inside
KeptPDF reads the full metadata: author, title, creator and producer software, creation and modification dates, XMP, and image EXIF including GPS where present.
Strip it and download
Remove everything, or keep specific fields like the title. Download the clean copy. The page content is untouched.
See everything. Remove what matters. Nothing uploaded.
Full metadata reveal
KeptPDF surfaces every standard field, Author, Title, Subject, Keywords, Creator, Producer, CreationDate, ModDate, any XMP, plus image EXIF including GPS, so you can see what you would otherwise share blind.
Remove all, or pick fields
Strip everything at once, or keep a field like the title while removing your name, your software, and the editing timestamps. It removes exactly what it shows you.
Content stays intact
Metadata sits separately from the page content, so scrubbing it does not touch the text, images, or layout of the PDF.
Never uploaded
The unmodified PDF, hidden data and all, is read entirely in your browser, so it is never part of a network request and never sits on anyone else's server.
More cleanup before a file goes out
Redact the visible text, or add a password, both entirely on your device.