exiftool commands exiftool -s file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf To see the details of a file or files exiftool -All= file1.pdf file2.pdf To wipe all the metadata of the file(s) exiftool -addTagsFromFile sourcefile.pdf destinationfile.pdf Copies the tags from a source to a destination. Use this to copy the exif metadata from the original, pre-edit PDF statement to the one you have changed, once it is finally complete and will not be edited further. (I think this can be aimed at multiple files at once, not sure) exiftool -XMPToolkit= file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf This overwrites the XMPToolkit tag that is written by exiftool when used to edit files and is a dead giveaway.