# How to scrub .docx metadata?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/how-to-scrub-docx-metadata/24373
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** 2025-01-25T19:19:53Z
**Posts:** 6

## Post 1 by @SkeleVibe — 2025-01-25T19:19:53Z

I need to email someone a document without it being traced back to myself. Word has a tool for scrubbing personal information, but I’d like to check if there’s anything else I should be doing.

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Thanks!

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## Post 3 by @anon80779245 — 2025-01-25T22:51:04Z

Depends, what editor did you use?

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## Post 5 by @root — 2025-01-26T10:29:45Z

Use [mat2](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2), the all-in-one metadata scrubber for multiple file types. It’s fast, accessible to all, and open-source. It’s easy to set up, including a Docker image to create a simple yet effective solution to scrubbing sensitive data from documents and [even audio](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2#supported-formats) files. We wrote [a guide that details how to do this](https://anonymousplanet.org/guide.html#appendix-l-creating-a-mat2-web-guest-vm-for-removing-metadata-from-files) using Python for a host-only mat2-web tool. The VM isn’t necessary; if you have a major OS, you can easily set up the Docker image as a standalone container without any overhead.

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## Post 6 by @anon39279085 — 2025-01-26T13:44:15Z

Yup this is great!