Today we came across an excellent Windows 7 feature at Microsoft Technet. Many files formats like Doc, Pictures etc stores various metadata information which can reveal a lot about you. For e.g pictures takes from camera stores info about when a picture was taken and what camera was used.
Similarly Microsoft Office documents stores author and company information in metadata. You may not want to reveal such details to others. To protect your privacy windows 7 has built-in feature to scrub a file of unwanted metadata.
To scrub a file of unwanted metadata in Windows 7:
1. Select one or more files in Windows Explorer.
2. Right-click and then click Properties.
3. Go to the Details tab and click Remove Properties and Personal Information.
Checkout : Doc Scrubber to Remove Metadata from Office Documents.
