Security
Remove a photo's metadata before you upload it
A photo in a marketplace listing can hand over your home address. Not because of anything in the picture, but because the GPS coordinates travelled inside the file.
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Remove metadata
Strip location and camera details from photos, and author records from documents. Files never leave this browser.
No upload
Files to strip metadata from
JPG · PNG · WebP · PDF. Files open inside this browser and are never uploaded.
- Pixels are untouched. Nothing is re-encoded, so quality and sharpness stay exactly the same.
- Supports JPG, PNG, WebP and PDF.
- Your original file stays as it is. You download a new copy with the metadata taken out.
How to remove metadata
- 1
Choose your files
Drop in as many JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF files as you like.
- 2
See what is inside
Each file lists what was found: GPS coordinates, camera model, capture date.
- 3
Download the clean copy
Your original stays put; you get a new file with the metadata gone.
Photos carry more than you think
Location is the part that matters
A photo taken on a phone usually records the latitude and longitude of the spot it was taken, accurate to a few metres. One picture snapped outside your front door can put your home on a map for anyone who opens the file.
Services that recompress what you upload (most social networks and chat apps) tend to drop this. Email attachments, file-sharing links and forum uploads generally do not: they pass the original bytes straight through.
Removed without touching quality
The usual way to clear metadata is to open the image and save it again. That puts a JPG through a second round of compression, and a little detail goes each time.
This tool cuts out only the sections of the file that hold metadata and copies the compressed pixel data across untouched. Put the result next to the original and zoom in: they are identical.
Common questions
Does the photo lose any sharpness?+
No. The pixel data is copied byte for byte. Every kilobyte the file loses was metadata.
Does this work on PDFs?+
Yes. It clears the title, author, producing software, creation date and the XMP packet. Page content and page count are unchanged.
How do I check it worked?+
Drop the result back into this tool. If it says "Nothing to remove", the file is clean.
Will the colours shift?+
No. The ICC colour profile is kept (it describes colour, not you), so the image displays exactly as before.
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