View PDF Metadata

This tool allows you to upload a PDF file and inspect the embedded metadata it contains. PDF metadata can include details like the title, author, creator software, creation and modification dates, and other custom information embedded by the generating application.

🔍 What this tool does:

• Extracts both standard metadata (PDF Info dictionary) and extended XMP metadata (XML-based).
• Parses and displays key-value pairs when available in structured form.
• Falls back to raw XML if the metadata is non-standard or not structured.

📚 Why are there multiple metadata sources?

Some PDF files contain multiple metadata streams. These can include:

• Info Dictionary – basic metadata like title, author, and timestamps.
• XMP Streams – richer XML-based metadata used by Adobe and Microsoft Office.
• Custom Metadata – proprietary metadata fields (e.g., Microsoft Sensitivity Labels).

Each collapsible section below represents a separate metadata stream detected in the uploaded file. This can happen when metadata is duplicated or extended by software such as Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, SharePoint, or security tools.

🔒 Privacy & File Handling

• Your PDF file is processed entirely in memory; it is never written to disk or stored on our servers.
• No files are saved, logged, or analyzed beyond this session.
• After extraction, all data is discarded immediately after rendering the results to you.
• The maximum file size allowed is 10MB.