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File Meta Cleaner vs PDFgear

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File Meta Cleaner compared with PDFgear
DetailFile Meta Cleaner logo File Meta CleanerPDFgear logo PDFgear
What it doesRemove private metadata from your files in your browser Free PDF editor software and online tools for reading, editing, converting, merging, and signing PDFs
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Pricing modelFree Freemium
PricingNot given Free for basic PDF editing, conversion, merging, splitting, signing, and annotation with no limits stated. eSignGear (related e-signing platform) offers "Start Signing Free" option.
Key features
  • Local browser processing
  • No file uploads
  • JPG/JPEG, PNG, PDF, DOCX, and XLSX support
  • Removes EXIF data including GPS metadata
  • Removes document properties from PDF, DOCX, XLSX
  • Preserves file format and visible content
  • File size limits: JPG/PDF 25 MB, PNG 20 MB, DOCX/XLSX 15 MB
  • Edit text, images, shapes, signatures, links, and fillable form fields in PDF
  • Annotate with highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, notes, comments, stamps, shapes, and text boxes
  • Batch convert between PDF, Word, TXT, JPG, Excel, PPT with lossless quality
  • OCR to extract text from scanned PDFs in 30+ languages
  • AI-powered document summarization and analysis
  • Merge, split, and delete PDF pages
  • Sign PDFs with mouse-drawn signatures
  • Extract text from specific areas of PDF
  • Available on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
  • Online tools for PDF tasks without installation
What makes it different
  • Privacy-first with no file uploads
  • Processes files locally in browser
  • Removes GPS metadata from images
  • Shows metadata categories before cleaning
  • Completely free desktop and web-based PDF editing without signup or watermarks
  • AI-powered features including document summarization and intelligent text extraction
  • Works offline on desktop with enterprise-level features at no cost
  • Seamless cross-platform workflow between Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
  • OCR support for 30+ languages to extract text from scanned documents
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)12 +8 (up) since last check69 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)016
Citation Flow (Majestic)1243
Referring domains (Majestic)22091

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