Metadata Remover
Take the hidden blocks out of an image file.
No size limit · Batch remove · No account · Runs on device
Your files stay on your device
- Imagesonly
- EXIF+XMPIPTC and comments
- 0pixels changed
- ZIPor one by one
Metadata Remover at a glance
- What this cleans
- Image files only
- What this does not clean
- Not PDFs or documents
- Blocks removed
- EXIF, XMP, IPTC, comments
- Blocks kept
- Color profile only
- How many at once
- No batch limit
- Price
- Free
- Sign-up required
- None
- Where processing happens
- Right here, as you go
How to use Metadata Remover
- 1
Add the images
Drop your image files in.
- 2
See what is in them
Read what each file carried.
- 3
Download
Download singly or zipped.
Frequently asked questions
Can this clean a PDF?
No. This panel opens image files. The compress PDF tool here rewrites a PDF and drops its metadata, which is the nearest thing on the site.
Is anything left in the file afterwards?
The color profile, which describes how colors should display and says nothing about you. Everything else listed is gone, and each file shows what it lost.
Does the image get worse?
No. For JPG, PNG and WebP the blocks are cut out and the pixels are left alone. Only a JPG that needs rotating is re-encoded, at 92%.
Why does one file report nothing removed?
It had nothing to remove. Screenshots, and images that have already been through a platform, usually arrive with the whole block gone.
What sits alongside the picture
This panel cleans image files: JPG, PNG, WebP and HEIC. It does not open PDFs or office documents, so metadata inside those is not what this removes.
- EXIF is the camera own record: model, lens, exposure, the moment the shutter fired and, if location was on, coordinates.
- XMP and IPTC are editing and publishing blocks. They can name a photographer, a client or a caption written years ago.
- PNG files keep text chunks instead, which often hold the name of the software that wrote them.
- The ICC color profile stays because dropping it changes how colors look, and it describes nothing personal.
Full specification
| What this cleans | Image files: JPG, PNG and WebP losslessly, HEIC and HEIF by re-encoding them to JPG. |
|---|---|
| What this does not clean | PDFs, office documents and audio. Those carry their own metadata and this panel does not open them. |
| Blocks removed | EXIF with GPS and dates, XMP, IPTC and Photoshop blocks, embedded comments, PNG text and time chunks. |
| Blocks kept | The ICC color profile, so colors still display correctly. It carries no personal information. |
| How many at once | As many as your device can hold. Anything that fails is named and the rest still download. |
| Price | Free. Supported by clearly labelled ads placed outside the working area. |
| Sign-up required | No. No account, no email, no install. |
| Where processing happens | In your browser tab, on your device. No server ever receives the file. |
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