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View PDF Metadata

Check what the document properties of a PDF contain — author, creating application, dates and more — before you share the file.

Add a PDF to inspect its metadata

or drag and drop a file here

Accepts a single PDF. Read-only: the file is not modified. Shows the document information dictionary and the page count.

How to view PDF metadata

  1. Add your PDF.
  2. Click View metadata.
  3. Read the table: title, author, subject, keywords, creating app, producer and timestamps.
  4. If something should not be shared, use Remove PDF Metadata.

Why metadata matters

PDFs often quietly carry the author's name, the software used, and exact creation times. Recruiters, journalists and anyone you email a document to can open these properties in two clicks. Checking before sharing takes seconds.

Supported files and limitations

  • Shows the standard document information dictionary. Extended XMP metadata streams are not fully displayed yet.
  • Password-protected PDFs cannot be inspected — decrypt them first.

Common problems

  • All fields say “empty” — that is a good result: the document carries no properties.

What happens to your files?

This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your file is opened in your device's memory, processed there, and the result is saved back to your device. The document is never uploaded to a server. You can confirm this yourself: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab, and process a file — no request contains your document. Closing the tab discards everything. See how local processing works.

Related tools

  • Remove PDF Metadata — Delete author, title and other hidden metadata.
  • PDF to Text — Extract the text layer of a PDF into a plain text file.
  • Split PDF — Split a PDF into separate files by page ranges.