How to remove personal information from file?

[hajime]

Hello. It looks like when a file is generated, one could find out the owner of the file by pressing command+I or using other means. Is there a way to remove or hide such personal information? Thanks.

 

[GGJstudios]

Hello. It looks like when a file is generated, one could find out the owner of the file by pressing command+I or using other means. Is there a way to remove or hide such personal information? Thanks.

What kind of file, and what kind of personal information?

 

[hajime]

What kind of file, and what kind of personal information?

For example, wav, jpeg and pdf files.
As for personal information, owner/creator of the file

 

[GGJstudios]

For example, wav, jpeg and pdf files.
As for personal information, owner/creator of the file

For files such as .doc or .pdf files, you can control what author information is included with the file. As for owner/creator, that relates to the computer user, not necessarily a person. For example, Bob Jones may be the person's name, but if their user name is "jonesy", that is what you'll see as the owner/creator, not "Bob Jones". You can't remove the owner/creator information from a file.

What is the scenario that causes this to be a concern?

 

[hajime]

For files such as .doc or .pdf files, you can control what author information is included with the file. As for owner/creator, that relates to the computer user, not necessarily a person. For example, Bob Jones may be the person's name, but if their user name is "jonesy", that is what you'll see as the owner/creator, not "Bob Jones". You can't remove the owner/creator information from a file.

What is the scenario that causes this to be a concern?

Thanks.

As you know, some organizations like to gather personal information. I want privacy.