Hard to remove 2 metadata fields in PDF using Acrobat XI Pro (Mac)

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Under the "Get Info" screen of the PDF file, More Info, How do I remove the metadata for "Encoding Software" and "Where From" ?

If I open this PDF in Acrobat XI Pro (Mac) and open File/Properties/Description/Additional Metadata then:

--- "Encoding Software" does show up but can't be deleted.

--- "Where From" is nowhere to be found. It's not searchable in the PDF at all either.

Where is this problem metadata stored?

How can this problem metadata be deleted? (without having to resort to "Remove Hidden Information" which deletes ALL the Metadata, even the fields I want to keep).

su1980

Posted 2016-04-13T05:19:42.550

Reputation: 23

Answers

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The Where From metadata is a Mac filesystem attribute rather than a property of the PDF. It can be removed using this command:

xattr -d com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms FILE_NAME

For more information check this question https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/110239/where-is-the-where-from-meta-data-stored-when-downloaded-via-chrome

Jozef Legény

Posted 2016-04-13T05:19:42.550

Reputation: 798

Great solution - can I do something similar to remove the metadata for "Encoding Software"? – su1980 – 2016-04-13T18:08:53.860

The xattr FILE command by itself will print you the list of current attributes on a particular file. It might be that the Encoding Software is there as well. – Jozef Legény – 2016-04-13T22:57:31.613

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