Remove metadata from your images
Strip EXIF, GPS location, camera and AI-generator data from an image before you share it. It works for photos from a camera or phone and for pictures made with an AI image generator. Everything happens in this browser tab. Your image is never uploaded to a server and it is never stored.
Drag an image here
Drop a JPEG, PNG, WebP or GIF, or browse for a file. It is read directly in your browser and stays on your device.
JPEG · PNG · WebP · GIF · up to your device memoryRuns in your browser No upload No storage Open about what we strip
The data your camera or generator writes without asking
Most images carry a quiet record of where, when and how they were made, whether they came from a camera, a phone or an AI image generator. This tool reads it, shows it to you plainly, then strips it out.
Location and GPS
Exact latitude and longitude of where a photo was taken. Enough to place your home, office or a client site on a map.
Camera, device or generator
The make, model and lens that took the shot, or the AI tool, model and software that produced and edited it. A fingerprint that links images back to one device or app.
Date and time
When the photo was captured, digitised and last edited, down to the second. A timeline you may not want to publish.
Author, generator and copyright
Names, copyright notices, XMP and IPTC records, and the content credentials and generator tags that AI tools embed. Often carried over without you realising.
Four steps, none of them leave your device
Drop your image
Drag a file in or browse for one. It is read straight into the page. No request is sent anywhere.
See what is inside
The tool parses the file and lists every metadata field it finds, grouped and labelled in plain English.
Strip it out
Photos are re-rendered without their metadata. GIFs are cleaned at byte level so animation survives.
Download the clean copy
Your cleaned image saves straight to your device. The original is untouched and nothing is kept.
Your photo never leaves this tab
We build software for a living, and we made this the way we would want a privacy tool built. There is no server step to trust, because there is no server step at all.
No upload
The image is processed in your browser with JavaScript. It is never sent to Zegaware or anyone else.
No storage
Nothing is saved to a database, a log or a cache on our side. Close the tab and it is gone.
Works offline
Once the page has loaded you can disconnect from the internet and it still runs. Proof that nothing is leaving.
Clear about scope
We show exactly which fields we found before removing them, so you can see the tool did its job.
Common image types today, more to come
JPEG, PNG, WebP and GIF are handled entirely in the browser. HEIC and camera RAW files need an extra conversion step and are planned for a later release.
What people ask about metadata
Does my image get uploaded to a server?
No. The tool reads and re-renders your image inside this browser tab using JavaScript. The file never leaves your device, and Zegaware never receives or stores it. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it will still work.
What exactly does it remove?
EXIF data, GPS location coordinates and written place names, camera make, model and serial numbers, lens, capture and edit dates, author, copyright, caption and keyword fields, software and generator tags, XMP and IPTC records, content credentials, AI prompts and generation settings, embedded thumbnails and motion photo video, and embedded comments. It lists what it found before you download, so you can confirm the result.
Does it work on AI-generated images?
Yes. Pictures from AI image generators are usually saved as PNG, JPEG or WebP, all of which are supported. They often carry their own metadata, such as the generator or model name, the prompt and generation settings, software tags, and content credentials. The tool lists whatever it finds and removes it in the same way it handles a camera photo. Some generators also add an invisible watermark to the pixels themselves, such as Google's SynthID. When a file records one, the tool tells you, but removing metadata cannot remove a watermark that is part of the picture.
Does removing metadata reduce the image quality?
For PNG and GIF the pixels are preserved. GIF files keep every frame and their animation loop because they are cleaned at byte level rather than re-rendered. JPEG and WebP are re-encoded, so a small quality control lets you choose the output. The default keeps images visually indistinguishable from the original for most uses.
What about HEIC photos from my iPhone, or RAW files?
HEIC and camera RAW formats need a decoding step that most browsers do not perform natively, so they are not supported yet. They are on the roadmap. For now, exporting to JPEG first and cleaning that copy is a reliable route.
Will this remove a visible watermark or logo on the image?
No. This tool removes hidden metadata only, not anything drawn into the visible pixels of the image. A watermark burned into the picture stays exactly where it is.
Is the location data really gone from the downloaded file?
Yes. For JPEG, PNG and WebP the image is redrawn from its pixels into a new file with no metadata container, so GPS and EXIF cannot survive. For GIF the location and comment blocks are removed from the file bytes directly. You can re-open the clean copy in this tool to confirm no fields remain.
Privacy is an engineering decision
This tool leaks nothing because it was built not to. If you are shipping AI-built software and are not certain it handles data as carefully, that is exactly what our Vibe Code Audit checks.