Remove metadata
Photos often carry hidden details: where they were taken, which phone took them, and when. See what is inside and choose what to remove. Nothing is uploaded.
Turn this off if you want every tag gone. Some photos taken in portrait mode may then appear sideways.
- How it works: after you add a photo, every kind of hidden data found in it is listed with a tick box. Everything is ticked, meaning it will be removed. Untick what you want to keep.
- Untouched: the picture itself. Pixels are not re-compressed, so quality stays identical. Colour profiles are kept. Maker notes and embedded thumbnails are always removed.
A PDF can quietly store the author's name, the software used, dates and more. See what is inside yours and choose what to remove. Your file is never uploaded.
Saving rewrites the whole file, so old edit history stored inside it is dropped too. The pages themselves, including their text and images, are not changed. Metadata inside embedded photos is not touched. Use Remove EXIF for photos first.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint files record who wrote them, who saved them last, the company and the dates. See what is inside yours and choose what to remove. Your file is never uploaded.
The text, tables and pictures in your file are not changed. Comments, tracked changes and hidden sheets inside the document are not removed by this tool: check them in Word, Excel or PowerPoint with File, Info, Check for Issues, Inspect Document.
About metadata and privacy
Photos from phones and cameras often carry hidden metadata called EXIF. It can include the exact GPS location where the photo was taken, the device model, the date and time, and the software used. If you share the original file, others can read it.
This tool lists what each photo contains and lets you pick what to remove. The picture itself is not re-compressed, so quality does not change. A small rotation flag can be kept so portrait photos are not shown sideways.
Many social networks remove metadata when you upload, but not all of them, and not when you send a file directly. Removing it yourself is the safe option.
The PDF tab shows the title, author, software and dates stored in a PDF. The Office tab does the same for .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files, including the last person who saved the file and the company name. Comments and tracked changes are reported but not removed.
Your files are processed in your browser and are never uploaded.
Guides: How to Remove the Location from a Photo, How to Remove Metadata from a PDF, How to Remove Metadata from Word, Excel and PowerPoint Files.