Privacy & Geotag Scrubbing

Image Metadata Remover & EXIF Stripper

Safeguard your personal privacy by stripping GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, software history, and device identifiers from your photos before publishing online.

Select or drag an image here

Inspect, edit, or strip embedded metadata. Completely private in-browser preview.

Supported formats: JPEG JPG PNG WebP TIFF HEIC AVIF

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Phase 1 UI Active: Local browser file validation and dimensional inspection are fully active. Full server-side EXIF/IPTC binary extraction & editing will be integrated in Phase 2.

Selective Metadata Sanitization

Lossless Header Stripping

Purge GPS Geolocation Data (Recommended)

Permanently eliminates latitude, longitude, altitude, and GPS timestamp tags to prevent location tracking.

Remove Camera & Sensor Serial Numbers

Strips unique device hardware fingerprints that can link multiple photographs to your specific camera body or phone.

Strip Software History & Timestamps

Deletes Photoshop / Lightroom edit logs, original capture dates, and document ancestor tags.

Remove Embedded EXIF Thumbnail Previews

Removes secondary thumbnail images stored in the file header, decreasing file size without touching full-resolution image pixels.

Retain IPTC Copyright & Creator Attribution (Selective Mode)

Keeps your copyright notice and author credits intact while stripping all privacy-sensitive GPS and camera specs.

Audit Metadata First

Digital Privacy Guide

Why You Should Strip Metadata Before Sharing Photos

How unscrubbed photographs can inadvertently expose private residences, sensitive equipment, and personal routines.

The Hidden Geotag Hazard

Whenever location services are activated on your iPhone or Android device, the camera application records the exact GPS latitude, longitude, and altitude in the EXIF header of every snapshot. If you share photos of items for sale, personal vehicles, pets, or family members on forums, classifieds, or personal blogs, anyone can extract those coordinates and pinpoint your front door to within a few meters.

What Gets Removed vs. What Remains

Our removal process operates exclusively on metadata markers (such as JPEG APP1, APP2, and APP13 blocks).

• Removed: GPS coordinates, compass headings, camera serials, lens serials, capture timestamps, editing history.
• Preserved: 100% of the compressed image pixels, resolution, color fidelity, and visual appearance.

Social Media Platforms & Metadata Handling

While major social networks like Facebook and Instagram automatically strip metadata when images are uploaded, many communication channels—such as email attachments, cloud storage shared folders, Discord file uploads, and private forums—retain the original binary file with all EXIF coordinates completely intact. Scrubbing your photos before transmission is the only reliable guarantee of privacy.

Remover FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about stripping metadata, privacy preservation, and image fidelity.

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