Metadata Remover & Cleaner

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Free metadata cleaner: strip hidden EXIF, XMP, GPS and copyright from your photos - in your browser, zero upload.

What is a metadata remover?

Every photo you take or edit carries hidden data you can't see: camera settings, GPS location, timestamps, editing software history, copyright information, and more. This invisible data is called metadata, and it stays attached to your file even after you crop, resize, or share the image.

A metadata remover - also searched as a metadata cleaner or a photo metadata remover - strips this hidden information from your photo, leaving the picture you can see. The image looks the same to the eye - the sensitive details in the file header are gone.

Remove metadata from an image

To remove metadata from an image, strip the hidden packets and download a copy that no longer carries them. People do this before a file leaves the device for five practical reasons. None of them require the picture to look different.

Privacy - Cameras write GPS, device model, and exact timestamps. Anyone who gets the original file can read where and when it was taken.
Originals that leave the app - A social post may be recompressed on the platform’s copy. The JPEG you attach to Etsy, email, Drive, or chat is often still the camera original.
Leftover software fields - Editors write creator names, account strings, and history into XMP or file properties. Those travel when someone downloads or forwards your export.
Copyright and byline fields - IPTC and file properties can carry your name or a stock-site string. Strip them when you do not want that text riding on a public JPEG.
One clean master for reuse - Starting from a cleaned file stops yesterday’s Lightroom export or last week’s marketplace attach from leaking into the next channel.

What types of metadata can this tool remove?

This page is the generic photo pass: camera, location, software history, and caption fields in one download. It does not ask you to pick a single layer.

EXIF - camera model, lens, aperture, shutter, ISO, date and time taken, and GPS coordinates
XMP - editing-software history, creator info, and workflow packets
IPTC - captions, keywords, bylines, and copyright fields
General file properties - author, title, comments, and other embedded text

Metadata stripper

A metadata stripper is the same job as this page: you drop the file you will actually send; this tab rewrites it; you download that copy. There is no separate “scan then confirm” wizard. After the pass, a before/after list shows what was in the original versus the cleaned file.

Upload a JPG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF - drag and drop or pick files. Up to 30 images per session.
Stay on this tab while the cleaner runs. Processing stays in your browser; nothing is uploaded to a server.
Download the cleaned file. Use that download for the listing, email, or post - not the camera-roll original.

Processing stays in your browser

All work happens locally in this tab. Files are not sent to our servers, and we do not keep copies. If you close the tab before downloading, the cleaned file is gone - run the pass again on the original.

This page versus EXIF, XMP, and AI-label tools

The widget above is the same browser cleaner as the sibling pages. This URL is the generic parent: metadata remover, metadata cleaner, strip EXIF and GPS - the whole hidden packet, not one brand of label.

Open the XMP Remover when the job is Lightroom or Photoshop history. Open the AI Metadata Remover or C2PA Remover when the search is signed credentials or an on-site AI label. You do not need three downloads for one JPEG. If you only needed GPS gone and wanted every camera tag kept, that selective rewrite is not what this widget does.

When people actually use this page

These cases match this URL better than a C2PA-first page.

Shop photos and attachments - Etsy, Shopify, and email zips often send the JPEG you exported, not the compressed copy a social app stores.
Chat and AirDrop originals - WhatsApp Document, iMessage, and AirDrop can keep GPS that a compressed “media” send already dropped.
Client proofs and press kits - a photographer’s gallery JPEG still carries the body serial, lens, and sometimes a home pin.
The same still on three channels - Instagram, Pinterest, and a marketplace listing should start from one cleaned master so you are not sanitizing three different exports.

Look first if you are unsure

If you only want to see what is in the file, use a read-only viewer in the same browser. Cleaning is a second step, on the file you will actually send.

Tell Me My Metadata - view fields without stripping →

Remove EXIF data from a photo

EXIF is the camera packet written at capture: GPS coordinates, body and lens, aperture, shutter, ISO, and the exact time the shot was taken. To remove EXIF data from a photo you have to rewrite the file. Turning Location Services off on the phone stops new pins; it does not erase coordinates already stored in a JPEG you are about to send.

This page does that rewrite as part of a full photo-metadata pass. One download drops EXIF along with XMP, IPTC, and file properties. After the pass, the before/after list should show camera and GPS fields gone on the copy you will attach.

If the search is only GPS and camera tags, the sibling EXIF Cleaner tells that story first - same browser cleaner, EXIF-first wording. This URL is the parent: remove EXIF data from a photo, and the rest of the hidden packet too. Keep a private master if a client asked you to leave aperture and GPS on the delivery set; clean the copy that leaves.

A longer privacy explainer lives on the blog: what EXIF data is and why remove it . This page is the cleaner, not the essay.

Marketplace listings and email attachments

Platforms often strip EXIF on the copy they keep after you tap Share. That does not help the file still sitting in Downloads, Drive, or the ZIP you send a buyer. Export the still you will attach, run this page, then upload the download. A 20-image catalog should go through one batch.

A social app compressing your Feed post is not a metadata remover. If the file can still be saved as the original, assume the pin is there until you clean it.

Forwards, AirDrop, and the file that still has GPS

WhatsApp, WeChat, and iMessage sometimes recompress. A preview in the thread can look stripped while the camera-roll file you attached as a document still has coordinates. AirDrop and “Send as file” are the usual leak: you thought the chat was safe, and the original was not.

If someone forwarded you a photo and you will re-upload it, clean your copy before it goes to a second platform. Their compression is not your cleaner. Screenshots almost never carry EXIF GPS; if location still matters, it is in the pixels (a street sign), which this tool does not blur.

Photographer proofs, serials, and when to keep EXIF

A magazine or a property client may ask you to keep aperture, lens, and even GPS. In that job, do not run a full strip on the delivery set. Send the technical file they asked for, and clean a separate social still if you later post the same scene. This page is for the copy that leaves, not for your archive.

HEIC and Live Photo stills can keep the same GPS after you export a JPEG - clean that export, not only the phone setting.

Reusing one still across channels

Creators often export once from Lightroom, post to Instagram, then attach the same file to a shop or a press email. Each hop can add software tags; none of them remove the GPS that was already there. Clean once, then reuse the download.

If you crop or filter in the phone gallery and export again, that second file is a new original. Clean the last file that leaves the device. A carousel or a 30-image drop should be one session so slide seven is not the dirty leftover.

Formats, HEIC, and what the download is

Supported uploads are JPG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF. GIF, TIFF, and PDF are rejected. iPhone HEIC is not cleaned on this page - convert first with HEIC to JPG , then drop the JPEG here.

The cleaner redraws the image in the browser so hidden packets are not copied forward. Resolution is not changed on purpose. The picture should look the same; the file is not a byte-for-byte clone, and JPEG output uses a high-quality re-encode.

Limits

This tool does not edit text documents, does not bypass text-detection systems, and does not remove marks drawn into the pixels - including house numbers. On-site classifiers are out of scope. It does not offer a GPS-only mode that keeps every other EXIF tag. Use only files you own or have rights to. If something still looks wrong after a clean download, see the disclaimer .

Need a signed-credential story instead of this generic pass? Use the C2PA Remover .

More metadata tools

metadata remover on the homepage - same browser cleaner for a quick EXIF / GPS / XMP strip
AI Metadata Remover - generation tags and C2PA credentials
C2PA Remover - content credentials on images
EXIF Cleaner - camera and GPS fields
XMP Remover - software history on photos
Calculate Metadata - summarize what is in a file
Tell Me My Metadata - read-only view
AI metadata checker - inspect before a social upload
AI image checker - quick upload-before scan for AI markers

FAQ

What is a metadata remover?

It is a tool that deletes hidden photo packets - EXIF, XMP, IPTC, GPS, and copyright fields - so the file you send no longer carries that text. The picture you see stays; the header does not.

How do I remove metadata from an image?

Drop the JPG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF you will actually send. This tab rewrites it in the browser and you download a copy without EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, or copyright fields. Use that download - not the camera-roll original. Up to 30 images per session.

How do I remove image metadata?

Use this free image metadata remover: upload the file, run one clean pass for EXIF, XMP, IPTC, and GPS, then download the stripped copy. No account required; your photo is not uploaded to our servers.

How do I clear or clean metadata from a photo?

Clear metadata and clean metadata are the same pass as this page: strip the hidden packets and keep the picture. Upload, wait for the local rewrite, download. Nothing is uploaded to a server.

What is a metadata cleaner?

A metadata cleaner strips hidden EXIF, XMP, IPTC, GPS, and copyright from photos in your browser - same pass as this page or the free metadata remover on the homepage. For C2PA and AI upload labels, use the AI metadata remover instead.

What is an image metadata remover?

An image metadata remover deletes invisible header data from JPG, PNG, WebP, or AVIF while leaving pixels unchanged. Upload here, download the cleaned copy, and use that file for listings, email, or social - not the camera-roll original.

Does removing metadata reduce image quality?

The frame is not resized on purpose, and the picture should look the same. The file is rewritten in the browser, so it is not a byte-identical copy.

Is metadata removal free?

Yes. No account and no login. Batch up to 30 images in one session.

What types of metadata can you remove?

In one pass: EXIF (camera, GPS, time), XMP (software history), IPTC (captions, copyright), and ordinary file properties. This page does not sell a single-layer toggle.

Can I remove metadata from multiple photos at once?

Yes. Up to 30 files per session, then download the cleaned set. Use that set for the listing or post.

Does this work for Etsy, TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest?

You can clean the JPEG you are about to upload or attach. That stops location and device fields from traveling with your original. It is not a promise that a shop or social app will accept every file or hide every on-site label.

Is this tool for removing AI text detection markers?

No. It removes image metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, GPS). It does not edit document text and is not a text-detection bypass.

Where is my photo processed?

In your browser only. Files are not uploaded to a server.

Do you support HEIC, GIF, or TIFF?

No on this page. Convert HEIC to JPEG first, then clean the JPEG. GIF and TIFF are blocked. For PDF attachments, use our PDF metadata remover .

Is this the same widget as the EXIF and XMP pages?

Yes. Same browser cleaner. This URL explains the generic photo pass first. Use the sibling pages when your search is only GPS, only Lightroom history, or only signed credentials.

Related guides

Platform upload prep and C2PA background - useful after you clean a file or when labels persist.