PDF Metadata Viewer - Document Properties Inspector

View PDF metadata and document properties. See author, creation date, producer, keywords, and more. Browser-based, no uploads.

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Security: Only process files from sources you trust. All processing happens locally in your browser.

Frequently Asked Questions

Title, author, subject, keywords, creator application, PDF producer, creation date, modification date, page count, and PDF version.

No. All metadata extraction happens locally in your browser using PDF.js. Your files never leave your device.

Creator is the application that made the original document (e.g., Word). Producer is the software that converted it to PDF (e.g., Adobe PDF Library).

Standard XMP and document info dictionary fields are shown. Custom application-specific metadata may not be fully parsed.

Not all PDFs include metadata. The creator may not have added it, or it may have been stripped for privacy reasons.

This tool views metadata only. Use the PDF Metadata Scrubber to remove metadata or a PDF editor to modify it.

XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) properties are extracted when available. This includes Dublin Core and PDF-specific XMP fields.

Yes, if the PDF uses encryption. The encryption method and permissions are displayed.

PDF versions (1.4, 1.7, 2.0, etc.) indicate which features the PDF supports. Higher versions support more advanced features.

Yes. Export all metadata as JSON for documentation or analysis.