Strip-PDF-Metadata

Finds all PDFs in a folder and removes their metadata. Also updates the PDF Title metadata to match the filename (without the .pdf extension).

---

Requirements

• exiftool installed and accessible in your system PATH.

Install ExifTool

• macOS (Homebrew):

  brew install exiftool

• Ubuntu/Debian:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install libimage-exiftool-perl

• Windows: Download and install from exiftool.org, then add it to your system PATH.

---

Usage

1. Clone or download this repo.
2. Place your PDF files in the target folder.
3. (Optional) Edit the folder variable in clean-pdfs.sh to point to your folder. Use . for the current directory.
4. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x clean-pdfs.sh

5. Run the script:

   ./clean-pdfs.sh

---

What it does

• Recursively finds all .pdf files in the specified folder.
• Removes all embedded metadata.
• Sets the PDF Title metadata to match the filename (excluding .pdf).

---

License

MIT

---

Built by FullSphere