Remove Keywords

This command removes keywords from a PDF document. Have a look at some examples.

Usage

pdfcpu keywords remove inFile [ keyword... ] [flags]

Common Flags

Arguments

name	description	required
inFile	PDF input file, use `-` to read from stdin	yes
keyword…	one or more search keywords or keyphrases	no

Examples

Remove a specific keyword from test.pdf:

$ pdfcpu keywords remove test.pdf modern

Remove all keywords:

$ pdfcpu keywords remove test.pdf

Remove keywords while reading and writing the PDF through pipes:

$ aws s3 cp s3://acme-assets/brochure-tagged.pdf - \
   | pdfcpu keywords remove - - campaign-2026 \
   | aws s3 cp - s3://acme-assets/brochure-untagged.pdf