PDF Privacy Scanner
Scan PDFs for document info, XMP metadata, attachments, annotations, forms, JavaScript, and privacy-risk indicators.
Your file is used only for the selected job. Temporary uploads and generated files are scheduled to auto-delete after 10 minutes.
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Your file will be processed for this job only. Temporary files are scheduled to auto-delete after 10 minutes.
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Scan the file and review detected metadata without changing it.
Tool questions
Clear answers before you upload private files.
No. Scan mode inspects the uploaded PDF and returns a privacy report without modifying the file.
It checks common document information, XMP metadata, attachments, forms, annotations, scripts, and other privacy-risk indicators.
Yes. Use the Remove PDF Metadata tool when you want to clean detected metadata and then verify the output.
A scan helps you understand what a file contains before you send it to a client, employer, colleague, or public website.
Small supported image jobs can run locally in your browser without uploading the file. When cloud processing is needed, temporary uploads, generated files, and short-lived job records are scheduled for automatic deletion after the configured cleanup window.
You can use basic single-file tools without an account. Accounts are useful for paid limits, saved reports, team access, and cloud quota.
The workflow focuses on metadata and privacy indicators. Reports are designed to show metadata categories, not expose raw document contents.
Yes. Cleaning tools include a verification step, and you can also upload any supported file to the standalone verification tool.
Unsupported formats are rejected before processing so you can convert the file to a supported format and try again.
After scanning, the interface shows the main detected metadata categories. You can select all items or choose specific items before starting removal.