Video metadata remover for MP4 and MOV.
Strip GPS, camera info, and dates from your videos — no re-encoding, no quality loss, no upload.
This is the video variant. Drop an MP4 or MOV up to 1GB and we'll rewrite the container without the metadata atoms — your video stream is untouched, the file is the same quality, but the location and camera info are gone. No re-encoding means it's fast and lossless.
Metadata tool
What gets stripped from your video
Modern phones embed GPS coordinates, camera or phone make and model, recording timestamps, and editing software in the video's container metadata. This video metadata remover targets the udta, meta, and ©XYZ atoms inside the MP4/MOV moov box, plus the iTunes-style keys/ilst pairs. Whether you need to remove GPS from a video, sanitize an iPhone clip before posting, clean MP4 metadata, strip MOV properties, or simply delete video metadata — same tool, same effect. Maximum file size is 1GB to keep memory usage manageable on mobile browsers.
View mode shows every metadata atom without modifying the video — a free MP4 metadata viewer for inspecting what's there.
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.
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
When video metadata matters
Posting from home
Phone videos carry GPS coordinates. Remove location from video before uploading anywhere public.
Whistleblowing and citizen journalism
Camera info can identify a device. Strip MP4 metadata before sharing to a tip line.
Drone and action-cam footage
GoPro and DJI files embed extensive telemetry. The video properties remover clears the user-data block.
Pre-publishing cleanup
Personal MOV files going into a corporate edit need company info wiped first.
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 toolDocument metadata remover
Clean Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OpenDocument files in one go.
Open document toolFAQ
Common questions about metadata removal.
No. The encoded video stream — the actual pixels — is copied byte-for-byte. We only rewrite the container's metadata atoms. That's why it's fast and lossless.
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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