Remove metadata (camera, GPS, timestamps) locally in your browser. Supports JPG/PNG/WEBP.
Note: All processing happens locally in your browser using canvas. No files are uploaded.
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Tip: Re-encoding via canvas strips metadata. We never upload your files.Every JPG your phone or camera takes has a hidden block of metadata called EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format). It is part of the file, invisible when you view the image, but readable by anyone who knows how to look. The block typically includes the exact GPS coordinates where the photo was taken, the camera make and model, the lens serial number, the timestamp, the editing software, and a long tail of technical settings like ISO, shutter speed, and white balance.
Most of that is harmless. The GPS field is not. A single photo posted to a forum or sent in a DM can give away your home address, your office, your kid's school, or wherever the camera was when the shutter clicked. The camera serial number can also link photos taken on different dates to the same physical device, which is enough to deanonymize you across accounts you thought were unrelated.
You do not need to scrub every photo you ever post. But there are a few categories where it is worth making a habit of it.
If a photo is staying private (your own backups, family group chats, photo organization tools), there is no reason to strip the metadata. EXIF is genuinely useful when you actually want to know when, where, and how a photo was taken.
The tool uses the browser's canvas API to redraw each image into a fresh buffer, then re-encodes that buffer as a new file. Because the new file is built from pixel data only, it has no metadata block at all. There is nothing for an EXIF reader to find. This is the same technique most image editors use when they "Save for Web" or export a copy.
Re-encoding has one tradeoff worth knowing: JPG output goes through a new compression pass, so the cleaned file is not bit-for-bit identical to the original (minus the EXIF). At the default quality setting of 0.9 the visual difference is invisible, but if you need a guaranteed lossless strip, a desktop tool like exiftool can remove the EXIF block in place without touching the pixels. PNG and WEBP re-encodes are lossless, so this concern only applies to JPG.
Everything happens in your browser. No file is uploaded, no preview is sent to a server, and no log records the fact that you used the tool with a specific image. You can verify this by opening the network tab in your browser's developer tools while you process a file.
Yes. No signup, no ads, no usage limits. The tool runs entirely in your browser using the canvas API, so there are no server costs to cover.
No. Photos are processed entirely in your browser using the canvas API. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is sent to our servers, and we never see the images. You can verify this by opening your browser's network tab while you use the tool.
Everything. By re-encoding the image through canvas, the tool produces a fresh file that contains only pixel data. GPS coordinates, camera make and model, lens info, serial numbers, exposure settings, software version, original timestamps, copyright fields, IPTC, XMP, and any other embedded metadata are all stripped in one pass.
JPGs are re-encoded, which means they go through a fresh compression pass. With the default quality setting of 0.9 the visual difference is essentially invisible, but the file is technically not bit-for-bit identical to the original minus the metadata. PNG and WEBP re-encodes are lossless. If you need a guaranteed bit-perfect strip with no recompression, use a desktop tool like exiftool.
Not directly. This tool accepts JPG, PNG, and WEBP. For HEIC photos from iPhones, run them through the Forgelit HEIC to JPG converter first, then drop the resulting JPGs into this cleaner.
Yes. Drag and drop as many photos as you want, and use the "Download all as .zip" button to grab the cleaned versions in one archive.
Processing happens client-side using canvas. EXIF is displayed for your review, then removed on export. No servers touched.