Free PDF Metadata Editor Online — Edit Author, Title & Properties [No Upload]
Edit Title, Author, Subject, Keywords and other document properties in your PDFs — directly in your browser. 100% private, no upload, your files never leave your device.
Drop your PDF here or click to browse
or click to browse
Editable PDF Properties
Document title and description
Document author name
Searchable tags
Software information
🔒 All processing happens locally in your browser. Your PDFs are never uploaded.
Why Edit PDF Metadata and Document Properties?
Every PDF carries a hidden "document information dictionary" — the Title, Author, Subject, Keywords, Creator and Producer fields you see under File → Properties in Adobe Acrobat. These properties are written automatically by whatever tool exported the file, and they are often wrong, incomplete, or leak information you would rather not share. Editing them is just as important as cleaning a document, and it takes seconds.
The most common reason people edit PDF metadata is to change or correct the Author name. When you build a document from a colleague's template, export from a shared account, or convert a Word file, the Author field frequently shows someone else's name. Sending a contract, invoice, or CV that says "Author: Jane Smith" when you are John Doe looks careless — and on confidential documents it can be a genuine privacy concern. With this editor you simply load the PDF, set the Author to the correct value, and download a clean copy.
Practical PDF Metadata Editing Tasks
- •Set a proper Title — a clear title appears in the browser tab when a PDF is opened online and helps search engines index publicly hosted documents.
- •Add Keywords — comma-separated tags make documents findable inside document management systems and corporate search.
- •Correct the Author and Subject — present a professional, accurate file when sharing contracts, reports, or portfolios.
- •Edit Creator and Producer — remove software fingerprints that reveal exactly which tools and versions you used.
Editing vs. Removing PDF Metadata
If you want to erase every trace of authorship and software — for anonymous publishing or whistleblowing — use our PDF Metadata Remover, which strips all fields at once. If instead you want the properties to be correct and complete — proper Title, your name as Author, accurate Keywords — this editor is the right choice. Both tools run entirely in your browser using the pdf-lib library, so even sensitive legal and financial PDFs are never uploaded to a server. The page content, fonts, images, and any signatures stay byte-for-byte intact; only the metadata layer changes.