Bulk edit PDFs - remove metadata, remove bookmarks  SOLVED

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dwg11
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Bulk edit PDFs - remove metadata, remove bookmarks

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Please advise how to modify multiple PDFs as follows:
- Remove metadata, as seen in Document Properties, see below.
- Remove all Bookmarks.

Is this done by a script?

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Re: Bulk edit PDFs - remove metadata, remove bookmarks  SOLVED

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Hello, dwg11

The "Sanitize document" function in the Editor can remove metadata and other items on a "per-file" basis, but cannot do so in a batch. If you need to remove these items in bulk, you will need to switch to PDF-tools for such batch processing actions. We include a "Sanitize documents" tool by default, for easy access.

Do double check the settings before running this tool, as the changes it makes are not reversible.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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Re: Bulk edit PDFs - remove metadata, remove bookmarks

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OK thanks Daniel
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Bulk edit PDFs - remove metadata, remove bookmarks

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:)