diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89e22b575..f2b96a611 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 		<jdepend.version>2.9.1</jdepend.version>
 		<hibernate-validator.version>4.2.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 		<hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
-		<sambox.version>2.2.12</sambox.version>
+		<sambox.version>2.2.13</sambox.version>
 		<sejda.io.version>2.1.3</sejda.io.version>
 		<bouncycastle.version>1.66</bouncycastle.version>
 		<twelvemonkeys.version>3.4.2</twelvemonkeys.version>
diff --git a/sejda-core/src/test/java/org/sejda/core/service/SetMetadataTaskTest.java b/sejda-core/src/test/java/org/sejda/core/service/SetMetadataTaskTest.java
index ed8fe9bf4..3351c208b 100644
--- a/sejda-core/src/test/java/org/sejda/core/service/SetMetadataTaskTest.java
+++ b/sejda-core/src/test/java/org/sejda/core/service/SetMetadataTaskTest.java
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
 import org.sejda.sambox.util.DateConverter;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 /**
  * Test unit for the set metadata task
@@ -72,6 +74,22 @@ public void testExecuteEncrypted() throws IOException {
         doExecute();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void removingField() throws IOException {
+        SetMetadataParameters parameters = new SetMetadataParameters();
+        parameters.addFieldsToRemove(Arrays.asList("Creator", "Author", "RandomStringThatDoesNotExist"));
+        parameters.setSource(shortInput());
+        
+        parameters.setExistingOutputPolicy(ExistingOutputPolicy.OVERWRITE);
+        testContext.pdfOutputTo(parameters);
+        execute(parameters);
+        
+        PDDocument document = testContext.assertTaskCompleted();
+        PDDocumentInformation info = document.getDocumentInformation();
+        assertNull(info.getAuthor());
+        assertNull(info.getCreator());
+    }
+
     private void doExecute() throws IOException {
         testContext.pdfOutputTo(parameters);
         execute(parameters);
diff --git a/sejda-model/src/main/java/org/sejda/model/parameter/SetMetadataParameters.java b/sejda-model/src/main/java/org/sejda/model/parameter/SetMetadataParameters.java
index 521b0515b..8ff6ef757 100644
--- a/sejda-model/src/main/java/org/sejda/model/parameter/SetMetadataParameters.java
+++ b/sejda-model/src/main/java/org/sejda/model/parameter/SetMetadataParameters.java
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.EqualsBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
+import org.sejda.commons.collection.NullSafeSet;
 import org.sejda.model.parameter.base.SinglePdfSourceSingleOutputParameters;
 import org.sejda.model.validation.constraint.NotEmpty;
 import org.sejda.model.validation.constraint.SingleOutputAllowedExtensions;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.*;
 
 /**
  * Parameter class for the set metadata manipulation.
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public final class SetMetadataParameters extends SinglePdfSourceSingleOutputPara
 
     @NotEmpty
     private final Map<String, String> metadata = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    private final Set<String> toRemove = new NullSafeSet<>();
 
     public Map<String, String> getMetadata() {
         return metadata;
@@ -52,10 +53,22 @@ public void putAll(Map<String, String> m) {
     public void put(String key, String metadata) {
         this.metadata.put(key, metadata);
     }
+    
+    public void addFieldToRemove(String fieldName) {
+        toRemove.add(fieldName);
+    }
+
+    public void addFieldsToRemove(Collection<String> fieldNames) {
+        toRemove.addAll(fieldNames);
+    }
+
+    public Set<String> getToRemove() {
+        return toRemove;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return new HashCodeBuilder().appendSuper(super.hashCode()).append(metadata).toHashCode();
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().appendSuper(super.hashCode()).append(metadata).append(toRemove).toHashCode();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -68,6 +81,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object other) {
         }
         SetMetadataParameters parameter = (SetMetadataParameters) other;
         return new EqualsBuilder().appendSuper(super.equals(other)).append(metadata, parameter.metadata)
+                .append(toRemove, parameter.toRemove)
                 .isEquals();
     }
 }
diff --git a/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/SetMetadataTask.java b/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/SetMetadataTask.java
index 16bfe5891..70fc7f1d7 100644
--- a/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/SetMetadataTask.java
+++ b/sejda-sambox/src/main/java/org/sejda/impl/sambox/SetMetadataTask.java
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ public void onBeforeWrite() throws IOException {
                     LOG.trace("'{}' -> '{}'", meta.getKey(), meta.getValue());
                     actualMeta.setCustomMetadataValue(meta.getKey(), meta.getValue());
                 }
+
+                for (String keyToRemove : parameters.getToRemove()) {
+                    LOG.trace("Removing '{}'", keyToRemove);
+                    actualMeta.removeMetadataField(keyToRemove);
+                }
             }
         });