Renamed files follow this naming scheme: $ You can transfer metadata to the next file by selecting Copy tags over to next/previous file option You can use the next/previous buttons to navigate between files PDFMtEd Inspector (not the Editor!) works around this by using qpdf to purge PDF files of all existing metadata (further reading: Purging metadata). Important note: All changes introduced by ExifTool, and in turn PDFMtEd Editor, are potentially reversible, which might be a security issue under some circumstances.

Choose the utility you want to launch from the Open with context menu.

Use your file manager to select one or more files/directories.

Install all dependencies on Ubuntu with the following commands: Optional but recommended: sejda-console Ubuntu 16.04 or lower

The following instructions are provided for most Linux distributions. Note: pdfmted-thumbnailer was written by James Henstridge as part of an AskUbuntu Q&A. PDFMtEd Thumbnailer should be able to generate thumbnails for all file types supported by Nautilus/GNOME's thumbnailing back-end. It also acts as a general purpose thumbnailing script that can recursively generate thumbnails for one or more directories. PDFMtEd Thumbnailer provides the thumbnail previews for the utilities hosted in this repository.

easily purge single or multiple files of all metadata.

quickly inspect metadata right from your file manager.

While it can handle all file formats supported by exiftool, PDFMtEd Inspector was primarily designed with PDF files in mind.

Aside from granting a quick and easy insight into the meta information stored in your files, it also allows you to quickly and effectively purge all metadata. PDFMtEd Inspector is a general purpose metadata viewer and cleaner.

preview your documents in your default PDF viewer and file manager before editing them.

easily process multiple files and folders right from your file manager.

PDFMtEd Editor is an easy-to-use graphical metadata editor that supports viewing and modifying all major metadata fields found in PDF documents.

Fedora and most other Linux distribution based on Fedora.

Most other Linux distribution based on Debian or Ubuntu.

The utilities hosted in this repository are graphical front-ends to the marvelous ExifTool by Phil Harvey. PDFMtEd ( PDF Me tadata Editor) is a set of tools designed to simplify working with PDF metadata on Linux.

Metadata viewer