Free Online Metadata Cleaner: Protect Your Privacy

Did you know that every photo you take contains hidden information? It’s called Metadata (or EXIF data). While useful for organizing photos, this data can reveal sensitive details about your life, including your exact GPS location, the date and time the photo was taken, and even the unique serial number of your camera or smartphone.

Our **Free Metadata Cleaner** allows you to instantly scrub this hidden data from your files, ensuring your images are safe, private, and clean before you share them on social media or websites.

Clean Your Images Now

Upload your images below to remove EXIF tags, IPTC data, and XMP information. We prioritize your privacy—files are processed securely.

Why Should You Remove Metadata?

Metadata is invisible to the naked eye, but anyone with the right tool can read it. Here is why you should clean your files:

• Hide Your Location (GPS): Most smartphones automatically tag photos with geotags. If you upload a photo of your home to the internet, you might be inadvertently sharing your home address. Our tool strips these coordinates.
• Protect Device Privacy: EXIF data often includes your device model, software version, and lens settings. Removing this prevents fingerprinting of your devices.
• Reduce File Size: While metadata is small, removing extensive header information can slightly reduce file sizes, which is beneficial for web optimization.
• Professional Cleanliness: For designers and photographers, delivering “clean” assets without residual editing history or copyright confusion is a professional standard.

How It Works

1. Upload: Select your image files (JPEG, PNG, WEBP, etc.).
2. Process: Our algorithm scans the file headers and identifies standard EXIF, IPTC, and XMP tags.
3. Clean: The tool reconstructs the image without the metadata headers, preserving the visual quality of your photo 100%.
4. Download: Get your privacy-safe image instantly.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Does this tool reduce image quality?

No. Our Metadata Cleaner is designed to be lossless. It only removes the text-based data hidden in the file headers. It does not re-compress or alter the pixels of your image.

Is my data safe?

Yes. We respect your privacy. The files you process are used solely for the purpose of removing metadata and are not stored permanently on our servers.

What types of data are removed?

We remove all standard metadata standards, including:

• EXIF: Camera settings, Shutter speed, ISO, Date/Time.
• GPS: Latitude, Longitude, Altitude.
• IPTC/XMP: Copyright info, Author names, and Description tags.