What is hidden in this document?

See the details a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file carries besides its text: author, last editor, company, manager, template path, comments and custom properties. Check before you send it.

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How it works

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Drop your file in the box above, or tap to choose one.
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We read the information saved inside it. This takes a few seconds.
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The answer appears right away, with a link you can share and the full details if you want them.

What a document says about you

Office files store more than their text. Their properties record who wrote them and who saved them last, the company and manager from your Office settings, the template they were based on (often a full network path), a base address for links, and custom fields your organisation adds.

None of it shows on the page, but anyone with the file can read it. Checking before you send a CV, a contract or a report tells you what you are sharing, and our Metadata Remover clears it in one step.

Author and last editor
Company and manager
Template path
Custom properties

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Questions and answers

How do I see the hidden information in a Word document?

Drop the file into the box above. We list every personal detail its properties hold, with what each one says.

How do I remove it?

Use our Metadata Remover, or in Word go to File, Info, Check for Issues, Inspect Document and remove Document Properties and Personal Information.

Why does it show a company I don't work for?

Office fills in the company from the computer's or the template's settings. A document started from someone else's template can carry their company.

What is a template path, and why does it matter?

The location of the template the document was based on. On work computers it is often a network path that reveals server names, folders or user names.

Does saving as PDF remove these details?

Partly. Word copies the author and title into the PDF unless you untick "Document properties" in the PDF options. Our PDF Author Finder shows what a PDF keeps.

What happens to my file?

Your file is sent over an encrypted connection, read on our servers and deleted automatically after about 24 hours. The answer is kept on a page with its own link, so you can share it. Tool result pages are never listed in search engines.

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