Free EXIF Remover

This EXIF remover strips all EXIF, IPTC, and XMP data from your photos: GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, timestamps, software information, embedded thumbnails, custom fields, PNG text chunks, and AI metadata such as C2PA Content Credentials. The image is rebuilt from its pixels, so nothing survives — the cleaned file reveals nothing about the camera, location, AI generator, or processing history. JPEGs are re-encoded at high quality (the photo looks identical); PNGs are rebuilt losslessly. Supported formats include JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, and WebP.

Drop up to 50 photos at once and this batch EXIF remover cleans them all in one click. Every file in the queue shows what it contains before you strip it — metadata field count, GPS, camera, dates, and AI tags — and photos with location data appear as pins on a map. After cleaning, download files individually or grab the whole batch as a single ZIP archive. Everything is processed sequentially in your browser, so even large batches won't overwhelm a phone, and no photo ever touches a server.

AI-generated images carry their own fingerprints: C2PA Content Credentials embedded by DALL-E and Adobe Firefly, prompt parameters that Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI write into PNG text chunks, and Midjourney job IDs stored in the description fields. This tool detects these markers — a purple AI badge appears on affected files — and removes them along with everything else. Because the image is rebuilt from raw pixels, even cryptographically signed C2PA manifests don't survive. The before/after diff shows exactly which AI metadata was found and removed.

Use this photo EXIF remover to remove metadata from photo files before sharing via email, messaging apps, forums, or cloud storage. Before uploading to platforms that don't strip metadata automatically. Before publishing on personal websites or blogs. When selling items on marketplaces where product photos might expose your home location. When submitting contest entries where you want to remain anonymous. Check what your photos contain first with the Privacy Score tool.

By default this EXIF stripper removes all metadata – best for maximum privacy. Pick Remove GPS location only and JPG, PNG and WebP lose just the location: the other EXIF stays and the pixels are not re-compressed. XMP and IPTC go too, since they can hold a location. Other formats get full removal. To pick other categories, use the Metadata Editor.

Using an EXIF scrubber is a fundamental step in personal digital security. GPS coordinates in photos can reveal home addresses, workplaces, and frequently visited locations. Camera serial numbers can link photos across platforms to the same device. Timestamps can establish daily routines. Delete EXIF data before public sharing to eliminate these tracking vectors. Read our phone camera privacy guide to prevent metadata from being recorded in the first place.