DOCX Metadata Remover
Delete author, company, revisions, comments, custom properties, and hidden identifiers from DOCX while keeping content and formatting unchanged.
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Why remove DOCX metadata?
DOCX files can expose authors, companies, and revision history. Cleaning removes those traces while keeping the document readable.
Protect author identity
Remove names, initials, and company fields before sharing.
Hide revision history
Clear comments and tracked changes to avoid leaking edits.
Deliver client-safe docs
Send proposals and reports without embedded organization data.
Secure DOCX cleaning
We scrub DOCX properties and comments without changing content, then delete the temporary file after your download.
Upload your DOCX
Select a DOCX file. Uploads are encrypted and not stored after processing.
Strip properties & comments
We remove author, company, revision, comments, and custom properties from the package.
Preserve content and styles
Text, formatting, images, and layout remain unchanged—metadata only is removed.
Download & purge
Download the cleaned DOCX instantly; the temporary copy is wiped immediately.
What DOCX metadata do we remove?
We clear Word properties that expose authorship, revisions, or organization details while keeping the document intact.
- Author, company, manager, and last modified by fields
- Revision numbers, creation/modification timestamps
- Comments, tracked changes, and hidden revisions
- Subject, keywords, category, and description fields
- Custom properties stored in docProps/custom.xml
- Template references and application/version identifiers
- Embedded document IDs or relationships that reveal provenance
- Hidden document part properties that include editor details
What Word documents quietly carry
DOCX is an OPC (Open Packaging Convention) ZIP archive, and Word's metadata lives in three XML parts inside it: docProps/core.xml (Dublin Core — creator, lastModifiedBy, created, modified, revision), docProps/app.xml (TotalTime, Template, Application, AppVersion, Company, Manager, DocSecurity), and docProps/custom.xml (arbitrary user-defined properties). The lastModifiedBy field is infamous — it often contains the Windows account name of every person who has ever opened and saved the file, in reverse order, which is exactly how the BTK killer was identified from a church newsletter DOCX in 2005. TotalTime records the cumulative minutes the document has been open and edited, which correlates strongly with who did the real work.
DOCXs also carry hidden structures beyond docProps: word/comments.xml (comments, including deleted ones that persist in change-tracking), word/people.xml (list of every author who has ever edited the document), word/settings.xml (including RSIDs — revision save IDs — that uniquely fingerprint edit sessions and can link multiple documents to the same author machine), and sometimes embedded OLE objects with their own metadata. Cleaning rewrites the OPC package with sanitized core.xml/app.xml/custom.xml, drops comments.xml, people.xml, RSIDs, and embedded-object metadata — without touching the document body, styles, images, or layout.
FAQs
Will cleaning change formatting?
No. We only scrub metadata; document text, styles, and layout stay the same.
Do you remove tracked changes and comments?
Yes. Comments and revision markers are cleared during processing.
Are custom properties removed?
Yes. Author, company, manager, and custom fields are removed from the DOCX package.
Is the file stored?
No. Uploads are processed over HTTPS and deleted immediately after the cleaned download.