DOCX Metadata Remover
Share Word documents without revealing who wrote them, where and how. The remover lists everything the file carries besides its text – author and last editor, company and manager, the path of the template, custom properties, comments and their authors, tracked changes with deleted text, editing session IDs and the preview thumbnail – and removes the items you choose. The cleaned file is checked again and the result is shown.
- Files stay on your device
- No sign-up
- Free to use
How to use DOCX Metadata Remover
- Drop a .docx file onto the page and review what was found.
- Tick the kinds of metadata to remove.
- Click “Remove metadata”.
- Check what is left and download the cleaned document.
DOCX Metadata Remover features
Inventory first
Every property, comment author and reviewer listed.
Personal data
Author, last editor, company, manager, template path.
Comments
Comments, their authors and the people list.
Tracked changes
Optionally accepted, removing deleted text and reviewer names.
Session IDs
rsid markers that can link documents to editing sessions.
Verified result
The cleaned file is re-read and checked.
When to use DOCX Metadata Remover
- Sending contracts or offers to external parties.
- Publishing documents on a website.
- Submitting anonymous reviews or applications.
- Removing internal comments before sharing a final version.
DOCX Metadata Remover FAQ
What metadata does a Word document contain?
Core properties (author, last modified by, dates, revision), application properties (company, manager, template, editing time), custom properties added by your organisation or add-ins, comments with author names, tracked changes with reviewer names and deleted text, editing session identifiers and often a preview image of the first page.
Why are tracked changes not removed by default?
Accepting changes alters the document’s content, so it is a deliberate choice. If changes exist, the inventory shows them; deleted text stays readable in the file until the changes are accepted.
What are rsid values?
Revision session identifiers that Word writes to mark which editing session changed each paragraph. They do not contain names, but they can show that two documents were edited in the same session.
Does the document look different afterwards?
No. Properties, comments and session IDs are invisible in the printed document. Only accepting tracked changes changes the visible content, to its final state.
Will Word add metadata again?
Yes. When you save the file in Word, it writes your name and new dates again. Clean the file as the last step before sending it.
Is my document uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser.
Hidden information in Word files
Word documents carry more than their visible text. Every save records who made it, which organisation the copy of Office is registered to, when the document was created and modified, and how long it has been edited. Templates attached to a document reveal file paths that often contain user names and server names. These details have exposed the authors of anonymous documents and the internal history of contracts more than once.
Review features add more. Comments are stored with the full name of their author, and tracked changes keep the name of each reviewer as well as the deleted text itself. A document that looks clean on screen because the “Simple Markup” view hides changes may still contain earlier wording that was never meant for the recipient.
The remover works on the document package directly. It deletes the selected fields from the core and application properties, removes the custom properties part, deletes comment parts and the markers that anchor comments in the text, strips revision session identifiers from every part, and removes the thumbnail. When you choose to accept tracked changes, inserted text becomes normal text, deleted text is removed, and formatting change records are dropped.
After cleaning, the tool opens the new file again and lists anything that is still there, so you can confirm the result rather than trust it. Title and keywords are kept by default because they are often intentional; tick the option to remove them too.
For PDF files, use the PDF Metadata Remover; for photos, the EXIF Remover deletes camera and location data.