Free EXIF & metadata remover for photos and videos
Strip the hidden data.
Keep every pixel.
Remove EXIF, GPS location, XMP, IPTC, AI prompts and C2PA records in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is re-encoded.
- No upload — files never leave this tab
- Lossless — pixels and streams untouched
- Free — no account, no limits
Drop photos or videos hereClean your photos & videos
JPEG · HEIC · PNG · WebP · GIF · MP4 · MOV
Batches welcome. Scanned instantly, on-device.
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What gets cleaned
Every photo carries a file you never see.
Phones, editors and AI tools write location, device, authorship and provenance records into your media. MetaClean removes them while preserving color profiles and the encoded image, audio and video.
01 Personal data
- GPS
37.9838° N, 23.7275° E- Device
iPhone 15 Pro · back camera- Captured
2026-08-14 19:42:07- Author
Maria K.
02 Creation traces
- Software
Adobe Photoshop 26.1- Prompt
“portrait, golden hour, 85mm”- XMP / IPTC
History, keywords, copyright
03 Provenance
- C2PA
Content Credentials manifest- JUMBF
Signed assertion boxes
Kept Pixels · photo orientation · ICC color profile · audio & video streams
How it works
Three steps. Zero servers.
MetaClean reads and rewrites supported metadata containers directly in your browser. Image pixels and encoded audio or video streams are copied byte-for-byte.
- 1
Choose your files
Pick one file or a whole batch of photos and videos. Nothing is transferred anywhere.
- 2
Review the scan
See exactly what was found: EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, comments, AI markers and provenance records.
- 3
Clean and download
Metadata blocks are removed and you get private copies — one file, or a single ZIP for a batch.
Supported formats
Photos and videos, cleaned in place.
Support depends on the container. MetaClean removes only recognized, non-media metadata blocks and leaves playback and rendering data intact.
| Media | Formats | Metadata handled |
|---|---|---|
| Photos | JPEG / JPG | EXIF, XMP, IPTC, comments, editing records, C2PA / JUMBF |
| iPhone photos | HEIC, HEIF | EXIF (GPS, device, capture time), XMP, C2PA provenance — rotation and image data untouched |
| Images | PNG, WebP, GIF | Text, EXIF, XMP, timestamps, comments, application data, supported provenance blocks |
| Videos | MP4, MOV, M4V | Location, device and software tags, recording date and timecode, XMP, C2PA, GPS subtitle tracks (drones) and GoPro / camera-motion telemetry. Any file size. |
FAQ
What to know before you clean.
Does MetaClean upload or store my files?
No. File inspection, cleanup, and download happen inside your browser. MetaClean does not send your media to a server.
Does MetaClean use analytics or cookies?
No cookies. The site counts visits with self-hosted, cookieless Umami analytics, and honours Do Not Track. It records page views and how many files were cleaned, by format. File names, sizes, contents and metadata are never sent anywhere.
Can MetaClean remove GPS location from a photo?
Yes. When GPS coordinates are stored in supported EXIF metadata, removing that metadata also removes the embedded location record.
Will removing metadata reduce image or video quality?
No. MetaClean removes supported metadata blocks without decoding and recompressing the image, audio, or video stream.
Which metadata can it remove?
Depending on the format, MetaClean can remove EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, comments, timestamps, software and editing records, prompts, C2PA/JUMBF provenance, and supported video container metadata.
Does removing C2PA or AI metadata make media undetectable?
No. Removing metadata does not change pixels, audio, or account-level signals. Platforms may use other detection methods, so metadata cleanup cannot guarantee how a service will classify media.
Does it work with large videos?
Yes. Videos are never loaded into memory as a whole: MetaClean reads only the small index at the start or end of the file, edits the metadata in place and writes the rest straight through. Multi-gigabyte phone and camera videos work. Batches over 4 GB download as separate files instead of one ZIP.
Does it remove GPS from drone and action-camera videos?
It blanks GPS subtitle tracks (as written by DJI drones), GoPro GPMF telemetry including the camera serial number, and camera-motion (CAMM) tracks. Ordinary subtitles are kept. Other proprietary telemetry formats may not be recognized, so check footage from unusual cameras before sharing.
Why does MetaClean say a file has the wrong format?
The filename extension must match the file's real encoding—for example, JPEG bytes should use a .jpg or .jpeg filename. Renaming a mislabeled file to its correct extension may resolve the warning.