Metadata Editor
Change the author, title, company, dates and other hidden properties of a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF file, and download the edited copy.
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Change any field
Author, title, subject, keywords, company, manager, the software that made the file: change it, clear it, or add a value that wasn't there.
Dates and revision too
Correct the created, modified and printed dates, the revision number and the total editing time of Office files, and the dates of a PDF.
Checked afterwards
The edited file is read back before you get it, and every field shows what's really in the saved copy. Your content stays exactly the same.
About editing
metadata.
Which fields can I change?
For Word, Excel and PowerPoint: title, subject, author, keywords, comments, category, status, last modified by, revision, the created, modified and last printed dates, and the application properties: application, version, company, manager, template, total editing time and hyperlink base. Existing custom properties can be changed or removed. For PDF: title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer and the created and modified dates.
How do I change the author of a Word document or PDF?
Open the file here, type the new name in the Author field (and in "Last modified by" for Office files), then download the edited copy. Your original file isn't changed. It works the same way for Excel and PowerPoint files.
What happens to a field I leave empty?
It's removed from the file. Use "Clear all" to empty every field, then fill in only what you want to keep. If you want all metadata gone, the Metadata Remover does that in one step.
Why is the XMP metadata of a PDF always removed?
Many PDFs store their metadata twice: in the document information and in an embedded XML block called XMP. Some programs show the XMP values first. If we kept it, your edits could be hidden behind the old author and dates, so the XMP block is always removed and your values are written to the document information.
Which time zone are the dates in?
You see and enter dates in your own time zone. Office files store them in UTC and we convert them for you, so a document dated 10:00 in Amsterdam shows 10:00 in Amsterdam when opened there.
Does editing metadata hide that a file was changed?
Not completely. This tool changes the document properties, but other traces remain: Word keeps internal editing codes in the document itself, Office and PDF readers may add their own values when you save the file again, and the date of the file on your disk or in an email isn't part of the file. Don't count on metadata, edited or not, as proof of anything.
Can I backdate a document?
Technically yes: you can set any date. Correcting a wrong date, or replacing a template's date with the real one, is fine. Changing dates to mislead someone, for example on a contract, invoice or piece of evidence, can be fraud. You're responsible for how you use the edited file; see our terms of use.
Which file types are supported?
Modern Office files (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx) and PDF. Older .doc, .xls and .ppt files aren't supported: open them in Office and save them in the new format first. Password-protected PDFs can't be edited.
Is my file sent anywhere?
No. Everything happens in your browser: the file is never uploaded or stored. See our privacy policy.