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Version: Version 1.7

Manage metadata

The Toolbox add-on lets you add, remove, and update metadata in a PDF document. Manage standard metadata fields such as the Author, Title, and Subject. You can also manage custom metadata fields and directly update the XMP metadata with your XML content.

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This functionality is part of the Toolbox add-on, a separate SDK that you can use with the same license key as the Pdftools SDK. To use and integrate this add-on, review Getting started with the Toolbox add-on and Toolbox add-on code samples.

List document metadata

Learn how to list document attributes and metadata from a PDF document using the List document information of PDF sample project.

Quick start

Download the full sample now in C#, Java, and C.

Add metadata

Learn how to set metadata such as the author, title, and creator of a PDF document using the Add metadata to PDF sample project. Optionally, copy metadata from another PDF document or the content of an XMP metadata file.

Quick start

Download the full sample now in C#, Java, and C.