ODT Metadata Remover
Delete author names, title/subject, keywords, editing time, and custom properties from OpenDocument Text (ODT) files while keeping content and formatting unchanged.
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Max file size: 100 MB
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Why remove ODT metadata?
ODT files can expose authors, organizations, and editing history. Cleaning removes those details while keeping documents readable.
Protect author identity
Remove names and organization fields before sharing externally.
Hide edit history
Clear editing time and revision cycles that reveal workflow.
Deliver clean documents
Send ODT files without embedded app fingerprints or custom fields.
Secure ODT cleaning
We scrub OpenDocument metadata fields without changing content, then delete the temporary file after your download.
Upload your ODT
Select an ODT file. Uploads are encrypted and not stored after processing.
Strip properties & history
We clear author, title, keywords, edit time, and custom properties in the ODT package.
Preserve content and styles
Text, formatting, images, and layout remain unchanged; metadata only is removed.
Download & purge
Download the cleaned ODT instantly; the temporary copy is wiped immediately.
What ODT metadata do we remove?
We clear OpenDocument Text properties that reveal authorship or workflow while keeping the document intact.
- Author, initial creator, and last modified by fields
- Title, subject, keywords, and description properties
- Editing duration, revision cycles, and modification timestamps
- Generator/application identifiers from LibreOffice or OpenOffice
- Custom user-defined properties in metadata
- Template references and document IDs where present
- Comments and annotation metadata tied to edits
- Embedded document statistics or editing history fields
What OpenDocument Text files store
ODT is the LibreOffice and OpenOffice native document format — a ZIP archive with a well-specified meta.xml file at the root. Unlike DOCX's Dublin Core subset, ODT's meta.xml goes further: it records not just creator and initial-creator but also meta:editing-duration (the cumulative time spent editing, in ISO-8601 duration format), meta:editing-cycles (the number of save cycles), meta:generator (the exact LibreOffice/OpenOffice version and build hash, including the Linux distribution on some packages), and a meta:document-statistic element that tallies page-count, word-count, character-count, and paragraph-count — a surprisingly effective correlation signal across different versions of the same document.
ODTs also carry meta:user-defined properties (free-form custom fields), references to external bibliographic sources, and sometimes embedded office:change-info elements that preserve track-changes author names and timestamps even after the changes have been accepted visually. Cleaning replaces meta.xml with a minimal stub, drops user-defined properties, clears change-tracking residue, and leaves the content.xml, styles.xml, and embedded images untouched so the document renders identically.
FAQs
Will cleaning change formatting?
No. We only scrub metadata; text, styles, images, and layout stay the same.
What metadata fields are removed?
Author, title, subject, keywords, editing time, revision cycles, generator info, and custom properties.
Is the file stored?
No. Uploads are processed over HTTPS and deleted immediately after the cleaned download.
Does the file stay ODT?
Yes. The document remains an ODT file; only metadata is removed.