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The Author field often auto-fills with your real name from system settings. Crafex clears it locally — 100% client-side WASM processing, zero-server — so your name stops travelling with the file, 100% private.
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edit-layout • 100% private, processed locally • Remove the author name from PDF metadata free — browser-based WASM, no upload, 100% private identity scrubbing
Check both Author and Company fields — both leak identity.
Editing the PDF later can re-add the author — sanitize again before final send.
Verify in File → Properties after cleaning.
Category
edit-layout
PDF Organization tool
Engine
Browser-Based
pdf-lib / pdfjs-dist / tesseract.js
Privacy
100% Private
Never leaves your device
Everything for remove author from pdf.
In document properties and some viewers' info panels — sanitizing clears it from the file itself.
100% private — 100% client-side WASM processing, zero-server, nothing is uploaded.
Free, unlimited, no sign-up, no watermark.
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