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.