Photo metadata stripper
Photos often carry hidden data: where you were, what phone you used, when, and sometimes your name. This tool shows what is in a photo and gives you a clean copy.
Nothing is uploaded. Your photos are read by and processed locally in your own browser and never leave your device. This page also tells your browser to block every network request, so it could not send a file anywhere even by mistake. The clean copy keeps the exact same image quality, because only the hidden data blocks are removed.
Your original file is not changed. The tool makes a new copy with "-clean" added to the file name. Once you have checked the clean copy, you can delete the original (it still contains the hidden data) and rename the clean image however you like.
- Choose a photo (or drag it into the box below).
- See what is hidden in it, such as location and phone model.
- Download the clean copy and post or send that one instead.
Drop photos anywhere in this box
JPEG, PNG or WebP. You can select several at once.
No photo handy, or want to see it work first? It has made-up data so you can see exactly what a real photo can give away.
What this can and cannot do
It removes the hidden data stored inside the file: GPS location, camera and phone model, serial number, date taken, owner name, editing history, captions, text notes and other embedded data blocks. The picture itself is not touched, so quality stays exactly the same.
Limits you should know about
- What is visible in the picture stays. Faces, street signs, house numbers, landmarks, reflections, shadows and the view from a window can all give a location away. Crop or blur those yourself before sharing.
- Invisible watermarks are not detected or removed. Some cameras and AI image tools embed a hidden signal in the pixels themselves (Google's SynthID is one). No browser tool can read or remove these.
- File names and file dates are separate from metadata. The clean copy is saved as your original file name plus "-clean". If the name itself is revealing (a person's name, an address, a date), rename it. Your computer also records its own times for the new file.
- Cropping or resizing in another app does not reliably clean a photo, and some apps add new metadata when they save. Clean the file last, right before you share it, and share only the clean copy.
- Only JPEG, PNG and WebP are handled. HEIC (the iPhone default), TIFF, PDF and video are not. On an iPhone, set the camera to "Most Compatible" so it saves JPEGs, or use a desktop tool from the Resources page. Files over 60 MB, or damaged files, are skipped and left unchanged.
- "Nothing found" is a normal result, especially for screenshots, graphics and many PNG and WebP files. Photos from a phone or camera (JPEG) usually have a lot.
- Messaging apps and social networks may strip metadata when you post, but not all do, and not always. Do not rely on it. See Online privacy.
About AI-generated images
- This tool does not tell you whether an image was made by AI. No reliable tool can do that from the pixels alone, and "AI detectors" are often wrong in both directions.
- Some AI images carry a label in their metadata, such as Content Credentials or the prompt and settings saved by an image generator. Cleaning a photo removes those labels too. Removing an AI label before posting an image can mislead people, so do it only on purpose.
- No label does not mean real. Labels are easy to strip, and many AI images never had one. For a deeper check of an image you have received, see the verification tools on the Resources page.