Excel XLSX Metadata Editor

View and edit metadata in Excel XLSX files: title, author, subject, keywords, company, manager. Strip personal information before sharing spreadsheets. Sheet structure is preserved.

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Drop your .xlsx file here or click to upload

Excel workbooks only • Max 25MB

Excel XLSX Metadata Editor Tutorial

Why edit XLSX metadata?

Excel workbooks carry hidden metadata: author name, company, last modified by, even the original template. When you share a spreadsheet with a client or post it online, all of that goes with it.

  • Privacy: Strip your name and company before sharing externally
  • Whitelabel: Replace internal author info with your client's name
  • Compliance: Finance and HR teams often require metadata cleanup before delivery
  • Forensics protection: Avoid leaking who edited a workbook and when

How does it work?

An .xlsx file is just a ZIP archive containing XML files. The metadata lives in docProps/core.xml (Dublin Core fields) and docProps/app.xml (Office-specific fields). This tool reads those XML files, lets you edit the values, and rebuilds the .xlsx with the new metadata. Sheet contents and structure are never touched — even sheet names (HeadingPairs / TitlesOfParts) are preserved verbatim.

Editable fields

Core properties (Dublin Core):

  • title, subject, creator (author)
  • keywords, description (comments)
  • lastModifiedBy, revision
  • created, modified dates (W3CDTF)
  • category, contentStatus, language

Extended properties (Office-specific):

  • Application, AppVersion
  • Company, Manager, Template
  • TotalTime (minutes spent editing)
  • DocSecurity (0=none, 1=password, 2=read-only rec, 4=read-only enforced)

Sheet names, links, and shared-doc flags are read-only — they're tied to the workbook structure and editing them would corrupt the file.