EXIF Metadata Stripper
Strip private metadata from your photos before sharing. Phone photos carry GPS coordinates of where they were taken, the camera's serial number, date/time, and sometimes a hidden thumbnail that survives even if you cropped sensitive content out. Drop a JPG, PNG, or WebP here and get back a clean copy with all that gone — just the pixels.
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Sensitive documents stay private
Resumes, contracts, NDAs, notes you'd never paste into a chatbot — these are the documents most worth keeping off cloud converters. Everything here happens in your browser. The converted file goes straight to your downloads, then it's gone from memory.
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Image → Clean Image done right
Output is the same format as input (JPG → JPG, PNG → PNG, WebP → WebP). JPG output is re-encoded at quality 95 — visually indistinguishable from the source but technically lossy. PNG and WebP-lossless preserve pixel-perfect quality.
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No signup, no watermark, no email
You don't make an account, you don't enter an email, you don't see ads, and the output isn't watermarked. Free in the actual sense of the word — not "free for now, while we figure out a paywall."
Frequently asked questions
Does my file ever leave my device?
No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser. The file is read into memory, processed by a JavaScript library running in the same tab, and the result is delivered straight to your downloads. Open DevTools while you convert — you'll see zero network traffic carrying your file. This matters for anything sensitive: contracts, drafts, financial documents, personal notes.
Is there a file size limit?
No fixed limit. The real ceiling is your device's memory. Most text and PDF files are small enough that this is never a concern — multi-megabyte documents convert fine on phones. Very large files (hundreds of MB) may struggle on older or memory-constrained devices.
What about the original file?
Untouched. The converted file is a separate copy that lands in your downloads. Your original stays exactly where it was on disk.
Does this work on mobile?
Yes. Tap the drop zone to open your phone's file picker, choose a file from Files / Downloads / Drive / iCloud, hit Convert. The result downloads to your device's standard download location.
How is this different from online converter sites that ask for an email?
Those sites upload your file to their servers, run conversion server-side, and email you a download link. They get to read your document, log your IP, and store the file (for some period). This tool does none of that — everything runs in your browser tab. We don't even have an account system, so there's nothing to sign up for and nothing to log out of.
What exactly gets removed?
Everything that isn't actual pixel data:
- EXIF — camera make/model, GPS coordinates, date/time, ISO/aperture/shutter speed, lens info, original device serial numbers, orientation tags
- IPTC — caption, copyright, keywords, location names, photographer credit
- XMP — XML metadata used by Adobe tools (Lightroom edits, ratings, etc.)
- ICC color profiles — output is sRGB
- Embedded thumbnails — the tiny preview that didn't get updated when you cropped
- Comments and unknown markers
Why does the thumbnail thing matter?
Some image editors update the visible pixel data when you crop or edit a photo, but forget to update the embedded EXIF thumbnail (a 160×120-ish preview that's stored separately for fast browsing). Result: the file shows your edited image, but if a viewer extracts the EXIF thumbnail, they see the ORIGINAL pre-edit content. This has been used to expose information that the editor thought was removed. Stripping metadata kills this thumbnail entirely.
What about GPS coordinates specifically?
Modern smartphones tag every photo with the GPS coordinates of where it was taken, with accuracy down to a few meters. Posting a photo from your home, your child's school, or anywhere private can leak that location to anyone who downloads the image and inspects its metadata (right-click → Properties on Windows, Get Info on Mac, or a free EXIF viewer online). Stripping metadata removes this.
Does the photo look different after stripping?
Visually no, for any normal use. JPG output is re-encoded at quality 95, which is the threshold where the difference is invisible to humans even on side-by-side comparison. The file size will be slightly smaller (no metadata to carry) or roughly the same. PNG and lossless-WebP output have zero pixel changes.
Will the photo still be the right way up?
Yes. EXIF includes an orientation tag that says "this photo should be displayed rotated 90° clockwise" — a leftover from phone cameras that always save photos in landscape orientation regardless of how you held the phone. We apply that orientation to the pixels before stripping the tag, so the output renders correctly everywhere, including in apps that ignore the EXIF orientation hint.
Why not HEIC?
HEIC (iPhone's default) needs a different decoder. Convert HEIC to JPG using our HEIC-to-JPG tool first, then strip metadata from the JPG.
Is this safer than uploading to an online metadata-stripper?
Yes. Everything happens in your browser — the image never leaves your device. Uploading sensitive photos to a third-party server to strip metadata defeats the privacy purpose (now they have your photo AND the metadata you wanted removed). Stays on your device here, like every other tool on this site.