Can you Remove Properties and Personal information in Windows Explorer?

In Windows 11, in Windows Explorer when you right click on a file and select 'Properties', you'll see that you have the option to 'Remove Properties and Personal information'.

This function can be a quick and easy way to remove some, if not all, metadata from a file. Click on the underlined, blue link and you will be given the option to create a copy with 'all possible properties' removed, or only certain properties that you select from the current file:

. . . . the function will remove the Author and reset the date created, modified, and accessed in the 'File' section, but leaves in the original dates and times in the origin section.

It may be better than nothing but it will not remove comments and track changes from a Word document even if they are hidden.

To remove the metadata from any individual MS Office file you would go to File . . . Info . . . Inspect for Issues . . . Inspect Document, and you'll get the option to run Document Inspector.

The document inspector will flag what kinds of metadata are present.

The Protect function in Adobe Acrobat includes an option to remove hidden information.