What Hidden Metadata Is Inside Your PDF? Free Client-Side PDF Privacy X-Ray Scanner

Every time you export a PDF from Microsoft Word, Google Docs, macOS Preview, or Adobe Acrobat, your document silently embeds hidden Document Information Dictionary and XMP Metadata streams.

What Hidden Data Leaks When You Share a PDF?

• Author & OS Username: Often reveals the real full name or corporate login of the person who created the original template.
• Creator & Producer Fingerprints: Exposes the exact operating system (macOS, Windows, Linux) and software build used.
• Creation & Modification Timestamps: Reveals exact down-to-the-second timestamps and timezone offsets showing when a contract or bid was actually drafted.
• Unflattened Redaction Layers: Drawing a black box over text in basic PDF viewers leaves the underlying text selectable in the PDF stream.

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