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Edit PDF Metadata

Change title, author, subject, creator, and keywords metadata fields.

Edit Metadata changes a PDF's title, author, subject, keywords and creator, and can clear them — useful before publishing a document that still carries a template's author. The page content is untouched.

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Processed on your device — nothing is uploaded

Edit Metadata changes a PDF's document properties, including the title, author, subject, keywords, and creator. It is useful for tidying up file details before sharing or archiving. Edit Metadata is one of UnboundPDF's 53 free browser-based PDF and image tools: it runs on your own device with no upload, no account and no watermark, and reports what it measured on the output.

How to edit metadata — steps & common uses

What people use Edit Metadata for

Anyone correcting a PDF's document properties — the title shown in tabs and search, the author, or leftover keywords.

  • Fix the title shown in browser tabs
  • Set the author name
  • Clean stale keywords
  • Correct document properties
  • Update the subject line

How to edit metadata

  1. Add your PDF; its existing metadata is read on your device with no upload.
  2. Edit the title, author, subject, keywords, or creator fields, which are pre-filled with the current values.
  3. Click Save metadata to write the new properties.
  4. Preview and download the updated PDF.
Questions about Edit Metadata 6
Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. UnboundPDF processes PDFs locally in the browser — documents are not uploaded to a server. We have no backend that receives, stores, or scans your files.

Can I see what metadata is already set?

Yes. The fields load pre-filled with the document's current title, author, subject, keywords, and creator so you can review and edit them.

Does this change the visible content of my pages?

No. Only the document's hidden properties change; the pages themselves stay exactly the same.

Which properties can I change?

The document's title, author, subject and keywords — the fields that readers and search tools display.

Does the title here change the file name?

No. This edits the title stored inside the PDF, not the file name on your device — they are separate.

Can this remove identifying information?

Yes. Clear the author, keywords and subject to strip identifying details before you share a file.

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How your files are handled

The work runs on your own device, inside the browser tab — so there is no server to send your document to.

  • Nothing is uploaded. We have no backend that receives or stores documents, so we cannot see your files during processing or after.
  • Your device does the work. Large documents are handled in stages, pages are rendered as you reach them, and each job is checked against your device before it starts — so a long run takes longer on a phone than on a laptop, nothing is queued behind other people's jobs, and you can stop a run at any point without touching your original file.
  • No account and no watermark. The output is a clean file you can use anywhere, with no sign-up and no hourly cap.

More edit tools

Other free PDF utilities that work the same way — in your browser, no sign-up.