Sanitize before sharing
Advanced workflow
When to use this
The PDF came from somewhere you don’t fully trust, or you’re sending a file outside your organization and want to strip anything it’s carrying that you didn’t intend to send.
- Choose Export, then enable the sanitize pass.
- Optionally include stripping document metadata (author, creation tool, and similar fields).
- Export as usual.
What it strips
Section titled “What it strips”Catalog auto-run actions, embedded JavaScript, embedded files, and — opt-in — document metadata.
Why it matters: a PDF can quietly carry scripts, attachments, and metadata that travel with the file. Sanitizing means the copy you send contains nothing you didn’t intend to send.
What you should see
Section titled “What you should see”The exported PDF opens and displays identically, but carries none of the stripped content.