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Metadata Remover
See what a photo reveals, and remove it. Nothing uploaded.
Nothing to install: just open it in the browser on your phone, tablet or computer. It keeps working without internet after your first visit. Want an icon on your home screen? On iPhone or iPad, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open the browser menu and tap Add to Home screen. On a computer, click the install icon in the address bar.
Metadata Remover has these main features: Shows GPS, camera, serial and date fields; Removes them without re-encoding the picture. It opens JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF.
Preview: some features listed below may not be finished yet.
What you can do with Metadata Remover
How Metadata Remover compares
Metadata Remover next to ExifTool, ExifCleaner, ImageOptim, Verexif: facts from each tool's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. We make Metadata Remover.
| Tool | Price | Runs where | Files processed on | Batch | Formats it cleans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metadata Remover ours | Free | In the browser | Your device | Yes, download as ZIP | JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF |
| ExifTool | Free (same terms as Perl) | Windows, macOS, Unix | Your computer | Yes, files and folders | Very many, incl. JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, MP4 |
| ExifCleaner | Free, MIT licence | macOS, Windows, Linux | Your computer (no network access) | Yes, thousands of files | JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, GIF, MP4, MOV, PDF |
| ImageOptim | Free, GPL v2 or later | macOS 11+ | Your Mac | Yes, drag and drop | JPEG, PNG, GIF, SVG |
| Verexif | Free | In the browser | Their server (you upload the picture) | Not stated | Not stated |
| Feature | Metadata Remover ours | ExifTool | ExifCleaner | ImageOptim | Verexif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shows the metadata first | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Yes |
| Choose what to remove | Yes | Yes | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| Many files at once | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated |
| JPEG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated |
| PNG | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated |
| WebP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| HEIC | No | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Video (MP4, MOV) | No | Yes | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| No | Partly | Yes | Not stated | Not stated | |
| GPS shown on a map | No | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Yes |
| Also compresses the image | No | Not stated | Not stated | Yes | Not stated |
| No install | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Photos stay on your device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Windows, macOS and Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
The full comparison, with sources: The best free EXIF removers
Feature matrix
| Feature | Status | File types |
|---|---|---|
| Shows GPS, camera, serial and date fields | Preview | JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF |
| Removes them without re-encoding the picture | Preview | JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF |
| JPEG, PNG, WebP and TIFF | Preview | JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF |
| Batch download as zip, or save to Files | Preview | JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF |
File types
Metadata Remover opens JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF.
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