Metadata Stripper
Strip EXIF, GPS, author, and hidden metadata from images and documents in one batch — locally in your browser. JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, PDF, Office, OpenDocument & EPUB.
Prefer the terminal? See the CLI equivalent →About the Metadata Stripper
- Removes GPS & author details
- Images and documents in one batch
- Inspect every field before stripping
- Instant results
- 100% private — runs in your browser
- Free, no sign-up
This tool removes the hidden metadata that files carry — a photo’s EXIF tags and GPS coordinates, or a document’s author, editor, company, and timestamps — from a whole batch of files at once. Drop in images and documents together; each one shows what it is carrying (a red badge flags photos with GPS or documents with author names), and you can open any file to inspect every field before removing it. Then strip them all and download the cleaned copies as a zip.
Files leak more than people expect. A photo from your phone can embed the exact GPS coordinates of your home; a Word or PDF document records who wrote and last edited it, the company, and often a local file path that exposes a username. Stripping that metadata before you share or publish is a simple, meaningful privacy win.
Everything happens locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded. Images are stripped losslessly (the pixels are copied byte-for-byte; only metadata segments are dropped). Documents are re-saved with their metadata fields cleared — the content is preserved, though the file is rewritten. Supported: JPEG, PNG, WebP, and GIF images; PDF, Word/Excel/PowerPoint, OpenDocument, and EPUB documents.
How to use it
- Drop your images and documents onto the box, or click to choose them. Mix formats freely.
- Each card shows its type and metadata badges — 📍 GPS, 📷 camera, 👤 author, 🕒 dates.
- Click any file (or “View all metadata”) to inspect the full record — including a photo’s GPS location on a map.
- Click “Strip all → .zip” to download every cleaned file, or use a card’s “Download cleaned” for just one.
What gets removed
- Photos
- EXIF, GPS location, camera make/model & serial, capture timestamps, IPTC/XMP — removed losslessly.
- The document Info dictionary (title, author, subject, keywords, creator, producer, dates) and the XMP metadata stream.
- Office / OpenDocument
- Author, last-modified-by, company, manager, template path, dates, and custom properties in docProps/meta.xml.
- EPUB
- Bibliographic metadata (title, author, publisher, dates) in the package document.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded anywhere?+
No. Reading, inspecting, and stripping all happen locally in your browser — there is no server and no upload. That is exactly why it is safe to use on personal photos and confidential documents.
Can I mix images and documents in one batch?+
Yes. Drop photos and documents together; each file is detected by its format and handled appropriately, and “Strip all” cleans everything and packages the results into a single zip.
Does stripping change the file?+
Images are stripped losslessly — the pixels are copied byte-for-byte and only metadata is removed, so there is no quality loss. Documents are re-saved: the page content is preserved intact, but the file is rewritten, so its bytes and size change. That is inherent to structured formats like PDF and Office.
Which formats are supported?+
Images: JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF. Documents: PDF, Word/Excel/PowerPoint (docx/xlsx/pptx), OpenDocument (odt/ods/odp), and EPUB. Formats that browsers can’t process reliably (such as HEIC or TIFF) are flagged and skipped rather than silently altered.
Why does a photo show an orientation warning?+
A photo’s rotation can be stored as an EXIF tag rather than baked into the pixels. Removing all metadata drops that tag, so a photo that relied on it may appear rotated in some viewers. The ⚠️ badge flags images where this could happen.
Works well with
Metadata Stripper chains with these tools — send your result straight on:
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