Word Document Metadata Viewer & Remover

Every Word document you create silently records your name, company, revision history and total editing time. This free tool lets you inspect and permanently remove that hidden personal data from any DOC or DOCX file before you share it — no software installation, no signup.

What Hidden Metadata Is Stored in Word Documents?

Microsoft Word automatically records a surprising amount of personal and organisational information inside each file you create or edit. This data persists even after you save and send the document.

• Author & Last Modified By: Your full name as registered in Windows or macOS
• Company Name: Your organisation name from the Office installation settings
• Template Name: Reveals the internal document template used, sometimes exposing confidential workflow systems
• Revision Count: How many times the document has been saved — can hint at how long it was worked on
• Total Edit Time: Cumulative time spent editing the document
• Creation & Modification Dates: Exact timestamps for the entire document lifecycle
• Application Version: Microsoft Office version number used to create or last edit the file

Real-World Privacy & Legal Risks

Word document metadata has caused real-world privacy breaches and legal problems:

• Government agencies have accidentally revealed the identities of anonymous authors through document metadata when releasing reports publicly.
• Law firms have exposed privileged internal discussions by sending contracts with revision history intact.
• Journalists and whistleblowers have been identified from company name and author fields in leaked documents.
• Under GDPR, distributing documents containing personal data (such as an author's name) without disclosure can constitute a data protection violation.

How to Remove Word Metadata

1. Upload your DOC or DOCX file using the tool above.
2. Review all metadata fields that are found.
3. Click Remove Metadata to download a clean version with all personal data permanently stripped.

Supported Formats

DOC (Word 97–2003) and DOCX (Word 2007 and later, Office Open XML). The tool reads metadata from both formats and removes it using ExifTool, the industry-standard metadata processing engine.

Is It Free and Secure?

Yes — completely free, no account needed. Only the metadata header of your document is read during extraction. Full file upload only occurs if you click Remove Metadata. All files are automatically deleted from the server within 1 hour.