View Metadata
View all metadata properties of your PDF
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About View Metadata
Lists everything a PDF declares about itself — title, author, subject, keywords, the application that created it, the PDF version, encryption state, page count and the creation and modification timestamps. Read-only; nothing is changed.
The document is parsed in your browser and the fields are displayed to you alone — reading metadata does not transmit it.
How to use View Metadata
- Load any PDF.
- Read the extracted fields. Empty fields are shown as empty rather than hidden, so you can see what is absent.
- Note the producer and creator strings — they name the software, often with a version.
- Move on to Edit Metadata or Remove Metadata if you want to change what you found.
On a production
Before a document goes out, it is worth knowing what it says about you. Before you trust a document that came in, it is worth knowing what produced it and when — a 'modified' timestamp later than the date on the page is a useful thing to notice.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does the author field show someone I do not recognise?
- Because it usually records whoever owned the template or the software licence, not who last edited the document. Documents passed between companies routinely carry the original author's name for years.
- What is the difference between creator and producer?
- Creator names the application the content was authored in; producer names the library that wrote the PDF itself. A Word document printed to PDF shows Word as creator and the PDF engine as producer.
- Can metadata be trusted as evidence of when a file was made?
- Not on its own. Both timestamps are ordinary editable fields, not signed attestations. They are a useful signal and poor proof.