Image metadata remover & EXIF viewer.
Strip EXIF, GPS data, IPTC and XMP tags from photos. JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP and TIFF — all in your browser.
This is the image variant of our metadata cleaner — focused on photos. Drop your file and we'll strip every hidden tag: GPS coordinates, camera serial number, edit history, IPTC captions, XMP rights blocks, even the embedded thumbnail. The image is re-saved without recompression, so the pixels stay identical.
Metadata tool
What this image EXIF cleaner removes
Photos taken with a phone or camera carry surprising amounts of hidden info. The location data — your home, your kid's school — is geo-coded into every shot. The camera serial number can be tied back to your purchase record. Editing software like Photoshop or Lightroom adds its own XMP block. This image metadata stripper finds and clears all of it: GPS coordinates, location data from photo, EXIF tags, IPTC editorial fields, XMP rights and history, photo file info, and the embedded thumbnail. Whether you call it an EXIF cleaner, EXIF eraser, EXIF tag remover, photo info deleter, or image metadata scrubber — same tool, same job.
Want to see what's in a photo before deciding? Switch to view mode and use this as a free EXIF viewer, IPTC viewer, or XMP reader — no file modification, no upload.
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
Where this matters
Selling something online
Marketplace photos taken at home leak your address via GPS. Strip coordinates before you post.
Sharing kids' photos
School and home GPS in every shot. Removing photo metadata before sending to family chat or social media is basic hygiene.
Journalism and source protection
Camera serials and edit timelines can identify a photographer. A proper image metadata cleaner removes both.
Pro photography workflow
Need to clear IPTC and XMP before client delivery? View mode shows what's there, remove mode clears it.
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:
PDF 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. GPS coordinates live in the EXIF GPS sub-block; this image metadata remover wipes them along with every other EXIF, IPTC, and XMP tag. Your photo's pixels are unchanged, but the location data is gone.
From the team behind Vaulternal
Want this same privacy for the files you can't always reach yourself?
You just cleaned this file without ever uploading it. Vaulternal applies the same zero-knowledge approach to conditional access continuity — encrypted files that reach a trusted person only when conditions you set in advance are met. Long trips, hospital stays, planned handovers. No servers in the loop, ever.
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