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How to remove data from PDF in Linux with DocHub

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Follow the steps to remove data from your PDF in Linux

  1. Begin by opening the DocHub website in your web browser and log in to your account.
  2. Upload the PDF file that you want to edit by selecting the appropriate option on the platform.
  3. Once the file is uploaded, navigate to the editing section where you can view all the pages of your PDF.
  4. Identify the data you wish to remove. Use the available tools to highlight and delete the specific text or images.
  5. After modifications, review the document to ensure all unwanted data has been removed.
  6. Finally, download the edited PDF to your device, or choose to print or share it directly from the platform.

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How to remove data from PDF in Linux

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[Music] this guide will show you how to clean metadata from your files using any Debian based Linux drro like raspian or auntu metadata in files can reveal a lot about you for example most cameras automatically include time date location author information and More in every photo you take when you upload those files to a site like Facebook all this data is automatically logged the same is true for all sorts of other file types too well be using an app called Matt which stands for metadata anonymization toolkit matap by typing pseudo app get M then pressing enter then follow the instructions if you want to check the metadata on a single file simply type the following and press enter with example file. jpeg being the file you want to look at the- C command will tell you whether each file in a folder is clean or not simply change the path to whichever folder you want to [Music] check to clean a single file simply type Matt with a space then the file name and just press enter youll get

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We can use exiftool to remove the metadata of other files like image and video files. Moreover, the deletion of metadata of image and video files using only exiftool is irreversible.
How to remove sensitive information from PDFs Open the Redact tool. Select a file for redaction. Mark content for redaction. Click Apply. Find and remove hidden information. Save your redacted file.
In Master PDF Editor, navigate to File Properties. Under the Document Info tab, you will see all of the metadata for your PDF file. If you want to change any of this metadata, just make your edits in this window, then press OK to save it. The new metadata will be written to the PDF file.
Choose the hamburger menu Document Properties (Windows), or File Document Properties (macOS). Select the Description tab, and type the authors name, subject, and keywords. (Optional) Select Additional Metadata to add other descriptive information, such as copyright information.
To edit a property, select it, change the Value, and then click Change. To delete a property, select it and click Delete.
If you right-click on your PDF document and then go to Properties - Details, you will see the Remove Properties and Personal Information button.
Go to the File tab and choose the Properties Description option. You can then view the metadata of the PDF document. To edit or delete metadata on PDF, select the information that you want to delete. Using the Backspace or Delete key on the keyboard, you can easily remove the metadata information.
Or, you can right-click on the opened PDF file and choose Document Properties in the drop-down window. Remove Metadata: In the Properties window, youll see information like the author, subject, keywords, and more. To remove this metadata, simply delete the text in each field or modify it as needed.

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