Metadata Stripper

Remove EXIF data from photos to protect your privacy

Why Remove Metadata?

Most photos carry hidden information called EXIF metadata, written into the file by the camera or phone at the moment of capture. Some of it is harmless technical detail. Some of it, like GPS coordinates, can reveal more about you than the photo itself.

Privacy Risk: Photos can contain your exact GPS coordinates, which reveal where you live, work, or travel. They may also include the capture time, your device model, and other identifying details.

What's in Your Photos?

Modern cameras and smartphones embed extensive metadata in every image:

Data Type	Examples	Privacy Risk
GPS Location	Latitude, longitude, altitude	High - reveals where photo was taken
Date & Time	Capture timestamp, timezone	Medium - reveals when you were somewhere
Device Info	Camera make and model, sometimes a serial number	Medium - can identify your device
Camera Settings	Aperture, shutter speed, ISO	Low - technical data
Software	Editing app used	Low - reveals editing workflow
Thumbnail	Embedded preview image	Medium - may show original before edits

How It Works

The tool works in two stages, both entirely in your browser. When you pick an image, it first parses the EXIF and IPTC tags and lists everything it finds, grouped by category: Location, Date & Time, Personal, Camera, Settings, and IPTC. Sensitive entries are highlighted, and a warning appears if the photo contains GPS data.

Pressing Full Strip then redraws the image onto a canvas and re-encodes it. The new file is written from pixel data alone, so nothing hidden carries over.

All or nothing: The strip is not selective. Because the image is re-encoded from scratch, every metadata block is discarded, including obscure and proprietary fields that tag-by-tag removers can miss.

Key Features

GPS Removal

Location coordinates that reveal where the photo was taken are removed.

Date Removal

Timestamps that show when you were at a location are removed.

Device Info Removal

Camera model, serial numbers, and other device identifiers are removed.

100% Private

Processing happens in your browser. Images never leave your device.

When to Strip Metadata

Before posting photos to social media, forums, or websites. Some platforms strip metadata for you, but many do not.
Before selling or licensing images.
When sending photos as email attachments, which keep their metadata intact.
Before uploading photos to dating profiles, where a home location matters most.
When photographing items for classified ads, since those photos are usually taken at home.
In journalism or activism, where a location trail can endanger sources.

What Gets Preserved

The stripping process preserves:

Image pixels (your actual photo)
Image dimensions
Color information

Everything else is discarded, including all EXIF, IPTC, XMP, and other metadata.

Metadata Display

Before you strip anything, the tool shows what the image contains:

GPS coordinates, if present, formatted as readable latitude and longitude
Camera make and model
Date and time taken
Every other EXIF and IPTC field, grouped by category

Supported Formats

The tool accepts any image your browser can open. In practice you will mostly use it with:

JPEG / JPG, the most metadata-heavy format
PNG
WebP

Output Format

The clean file keeps your original format where it can: JPEG stays JPEG, PNG stays PNG, and WebP stays WebP. Other input formats are saved as JPEG.

Checking the Result

After stripping, the tool shows the original and cleaned file sizes side by side. If you want to confirm nothing hidden remains, load the downloaded file back into the tool; the inspector will report no readable metadata.

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