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Word metadata remover

See the author, the last editor, the company and every custom property a .docx carries, then download a copy with them blanked and the document itself untouched.

The package is unpacked in this tab. Your document is never uploaded.

Short answer: drop the .docx to see its author, last editor, company and custom properties, then download a copy with those values blanked. The text of the document is not touched, and the file still opens in Word without a repair prompt.

The field people forget

“Last modified by” is written by whatever saved the file, and it does not have to be the same person as the author. A template that went through an assistant, or a shared document a colleague re-saved, leaves that trail. Clearing the author while leaving the last editor is the most common half-job, so both are blanked here.

What this cannot do

It cannot remove revision history that the document body itself contains — tracked changes and comments live in word/document.xml and word/comments.xml, and deleting them changes the document, so they are left alone. Accept or reject the changes in Word first if they must go.

Word metadata questions

What does a Word file reveal?

Three property parts: core (title, author, last modified by, revision, created and modified dates), app (the application that wrote it, company, manager) and custom (whatever the template or an add-in stored). The last editor field is the one that surprises people — it says which account or tool touched the file last.

Does this change the document?

No. The body, styles, images, headers and page setup are copied byte for byte; only the property values are blanked. The parts themselves are kept, because Word validates the package on open and a missing part turns into a “needs repair” dialog.

Why is the thumbnail removed entirely?

Because a thumbnail is a small picture of the first page: it is content, not a property, and blanking it makes no sense. It is dropped together with its relationship entry, which is the only way to remove it without leaving Word chasing a file that is not there.

Is my document uploaded?

No. The .docx is unpacked, edited and repacked in this tab with a WASM-free ZIP reader. A Word file often contains unpublished work, which is exactly why this runs locally.

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