1. IronPDF
2. Troubleshooting
3. MetaData Visibility

Managing Metadata Visibility in PDFs

What is visible in the MetaData categories?

MetaData is visible to anyone able to open a PDF.

These include the following items:

Pdf.MetaData.Author = "John Doe";
Pdf.MetaData.Keywords = "Key, Word";
Pdf.MetaData.CreationDate = DateTime.Today;
Pdf.MetaData.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now;
Pdf.MetaData.CustomProperties.Add("Test", "val");
Pdf.MetaData.Producer = "test";
Pdf.MetaData.Subject = "test metadata";
Pdf.MetaData.Title = "test";
Pdf.MetaData.Creator = "test";

Pdf.SecuritySettings.UserPassword = "ironuser";
Pdf.SecuritySettings.OwnerPassword = "ironowner";

Pdf.MetaData.Author = "John Doe";
Pdf.MetaData.Keywords = "Key, Word";
Pdf.MetaData.CreationDate = DateTime.Today;
Pdf.MetaData.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now;
Pdf.MetaData.CustomProperties.Add("Test", "val");
Pdf.MetaData.Producer = "test";
Pdf.MetaData.Subject = "test metadata";
Pdf.MetaData.Title = "test";
Pdf.MetaData.Creator = "test";

Pdf.SecuritySettings.UserPassword = "ironuser";
Pdf.SecuritySettings.OwnerPassword = "ironowner";

Pdf.MetaData.Author = "John Doe"
Pdf.MetaData.Keywords = "Key, Word"
Pdf.MetaData.CreationDate = DateTime.Today
Pdf.MetaData.ModifiedDate = DateTime.Now
Pdf.MetaData.CustomProperties.Add("Test", "val")
Pdf.MetaData.Producer = "test"
Pdf.MetaData.Subject = "test metadata"
Pdf.MetaData.Title = "test"
Pdf.MetaData.Creator = "test"

Pdf.SecuritySettings.UserPassword = "ironuser"
Pdf.SecuritySettings.OwnerPassword = "ironowner"

• When only an Owner Password is set, users have full access to the PDF metadata, including the ability to view and modify all document properties.
• When only a User Password is set, the PDF can be opened only by those with the password. Users can view the metadata properties, but modifying the metadata is restricted.