Features
Image metadata remover
Strip EXIF, GPS, and editing software fingerprints from photos before sharing: lossless, no upload.
What it does
Image files carry a lot of invisible information beyond the pixels: where the photo was taken (GPS), when it was taken, which camera and lens, the editing software that touched it last, sometimes even a thumbnail of the original frame before edits.
The Metadata Remover strips all of this without re-encoding the pixel data. Your image's visual quality is byte-for-byte unchanged; only the metadata sections are removed.
What gets removed
- EXIF: GPS coordinates, capture date/time, camera make/model, lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, flash, focal length, GPS altitude.
- GPS: explicit removal even if it was stored separately from EXIF.
- XMP: Adobe Bridge metadata, keywords, ratings, creator credits.
- IPTC: wire-service caption and credit blocks, copyright notices.
- ICC profile, colour profile (optional, leave on if you need exact colour accuracy).
- Embedded thumbnail: the JPEG thumbnail many cameras embed, which can leak pre-edit imagery.
- Software tags: the "edited with Photoshop 2024" marker that some apps add.
- MakerNote: proprietary camera-vendor data.
What is preserved
- The pixel data: bit-for-bit identical to the source.
- The colour profile (sRGB / Display P3 etc.) if you check "keep colour profile". For social media uploads you usually want this off; for print workflows you usually want it on.
When this matters
- Posting photos on the open web: GPS data in EXIF has been used to dox photographers and locate private addresses. Strip before publishing.
- Sharing screenshots that include any embedded photo: Slack and Discord do not always strip EXIF on upload.
- Sending images to a client: removes any "Edited in PhotoEditorXYZ" markers that could complicate billing or contracts.
- Preparing artwork for a stock-photo upload: many sites reject metadata-stripped uploads (so check first), but for direct client delivery this is the right default.
Batch mode
Drop a folder of images at once. Each file is processed independently and added to the download list. The originals on your device are not modified, only the downloaded copies have metadata removed.
Verification
After download, you can run the result back through this same tool. The report should show all metadata sections empty. The Check transparency tool can also be used to verify the pixel data is unchanged (it isn't, but the alpha channel is reported correctly).
Privacy
The whole pipeline runs in your browser using a WASM EXIF parser. No file is uploaded.
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