Does the report show GPS coordinates from photos inside a PDF?

Yes. Images embedded in a PDF or Word file keep their EXIF block, so if the original photograph carried GPS coordinates the report surfaces them along with the capture time and camera model.

What's the difference between this and the metadata scrubber?

The report tells you what is embedded and leaves the file untouched. The metadata scrubber removes it. Run the report first if you need an evidential record of the original state.

Which file types are supported?

PDF, Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX), PowerPoint (PPTX) and common image formats including JPEG, PNG, TIFF and HEIC.

What happens to the documents I upload?

Every uploaded file is permanently deleted from DocumePro servers within 60 minutes under our Non-Persistence Guarantee. Nothing is retained for analytics, shared with third parties, or used to train AI models.

View PDF metadata online free

Upload a PDF, Word file or image to view its hidden metadata in seconds — original author, creation and modification dates, producing software, embedded EXIF and GPS coordinates, and the tracked changes or comments a normal viewer never shows. Free, no signup, and every file is deleted within 1 hour.

What metadata gives away

Office and PDF files carry far more than their visible content. A single document can expose the author's Windows username, the firm's internal file path, the exact software build, every save timestamp, the names of everyone who commented, and — for embedded photographs — the GPS coordinates where the picture was taken.

In UK disclosure, that metadata is frequently the difference between a document that stands up and one that collapses: a creation date that predates the events described, an author who was supposedly uninvolved, or an edit made the night before a hearing.

Report before you redact

Run the metadata report first to see exactly what is embedded, then use the metadata scrubber to strip it before the document leaves your firm. Reporting and scrubbing are deliberately separate steps so you keep an evidential record of what was present before removal.

The report is generated as a clean PDF you can attach to a disclosure schedule, a DSAR response, or an internal information-security review.

Fields the report covers

Document author, last-modified-by, company and manager fields
Creation, modification and save timestamps, including incremental PDF revisions
Producing application and exact software build
Embedded EXIF from images: camera, lens, capture time and GPS coordinates
Hidden layers, tracked changes, comments and speaker notes
XMP packets and custom document properties added by DMS software

Frequently asked questions

Does the report show GPS coordinates from photos inside a PDF?: Yes. Images embedded in a PDF or Word file keep their EXIF block, so if the original photograph carried GPS coordinates the report surfaces them along with the capture time and camera model.
What's the difference between this and the metadata scrubber?: The report tells you what is embedded and leaves the file untouched. The metadata scrubber removes it. Run the report first if you need an evidential record of the original state.
Which file types are supported?: PDF, Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX), PowerPoint (PPTX) and common image formats including JPEG, PNG, TIFF and HEIC.
What happens to the documents I upload?: Every uploaded file is permanently deleted from DocumePro servers within 60 minutes under our Non-Persistence Guarantee. Nothing is retained for analytics, shared with third parties, or used to train AI models.

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