The metadata remover that never uploads your files.
Strip hidden info from photos, PDFs, videos, and documents — right in your browser. Free, no signup, your files never leave your device.
Metadata tool
Privacy-first by design
Why this metadata remover is different.
Most online metadata cleaners upload your files to a server. We don't.
Files never leave your browser
Every byte stays on your device. The metadata stripping runs locally in WebAssembly and JavaScript — there is no server-side processing. Open your network tab and check while it works.
Free, no signup, no watermark
Use it once or use it daily. There's no account to create, no email to confirm, no "upgrade" pop-up. We built this metadata removal tool because we needed it ourselves.
Strip and inspect — same tool
Switch to view mode to see exactly what's hidden in your files before deciding to remove it. Doubles as a free EXIF viewer, PDF properties viewer, and document inspector.
Built on audited open primitives
Powered by piexifjs (image EXIF), pdf-lib (PDF), fflate (Office and OpenDocument files), and mp4box (video). All open-source, all client-side, all running in the page you're reading.
What gets removed
The hidden data in your files.
Most files carry hidden information you never see — but the recipient does.
Images
- GPS coordinates (where the photo was taken)
- Camera make, model, and serial number
- Date and time taken
- Phone make and OS version
- Software used to edit (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.)
- Author, copyright, IPTC and XMP tags
- Embedded thumbnails
PDFs
- Author and creator name
- PDF producer software
- Creation and modification dates
- Title, subject, and keywords
- Hidden XMP metadata stream
- Document ID and trailer info
- Custom metadata properties
Videos
- GPS location where the video was recorded
- Camera or phone make and model
- Date and time recorded
- Software used to edit
- Title, artist, and copyright tags
- Custom user-data atoms
Documents
- Author and last-modified-by names
- Company and organization
- Total editing time
- Revision number and history
- Custom document properties
- Comments and tracked changes
- Hyperlink and template references
How it works
Three steps. No upload.
1. Pick your file
Choose a photo, PDF, video, or document. The metadata remover loads only the engine for that file type — keeping the page fast for everyone else.
2. Strip locally
Your browser parses the file and removes the hidden metadata in memory. We never see the file. We never see the metadata. There is no upload.
3. Download cleaned
Save the cleaned file back to your device. Optionally download a JSON of what was removed, so you have a record.
By file type
Specialized tools for each format.
Or jump straight to the right one:
Image metadata remover
Strip EXIF, GPS data, IPTC, and XMP from JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP and TIFF.
Open image toolPDF metadata remover
Remove author, hidden data, and properties from any PDF — no Acrobat needed.
Open PDF toolVideo metadata remover
Strip GPS and camera info from MP4 and MOV files — no re-encoding, no quality loss.
Open video toolDocument metadata remover
Clean Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OpenDocument files in one go.
Open document toolFAQ
Common questions about metadata removal.
Yes. Open your browser's Network tab, drop a file in, and watch — there's zero outbound traffic. The entire metadata stripping runs in WebAssembly and JavaScript on your machine. We can't see your file because it never leaves your device.
From the team behind Vaulternal
Want this same privacy for the files you can't always reach yourself?
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