Photo metadata viewer and remover
See what a photo says about itself (camera, date, location, Content Credentials, AI markers) and save a clean copy without re-encoding. Runs in your browser.
Check and clean photos
Runs on your deviceDrop photos here, choose files, or paste
JPEG, PNG and WebP. Several at once is fine.
How it works
Photos carry notes about themselves: the camera and lens, the time, often the exact place, and sometimes the app that made or edited them. This tool reads those notes (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, PNG text fields) and looks for Content Credentials (C2PA) and common signs that an image was made with an AI generator, such as the IPTC “trained algorithmic media” source type or software names like DALL·E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Firefly or Imagen.
Removing works by cutting those blocks out of the file. For JPEG it drops the APP1 to APP15 and comment segments, keeping the JFIF header and, if you like, the colour profile. For PNG it drops the text, EXIF and Content Credentials chunks. For WebP it drops the EXIF and XMP chunks and fixes the file header. The picture data is copied byte for byte, so there is no re-compression and no loss of quality.
Why it stays private
Your photos are read by this page in your browser and never uploaded. There is no server step, nothing is stored, and the page keeps working if you go offline after it loads.
Questions
Does a missing marker mean a photo is real?
No. Metadata is easy to remove or fake, and many apps strip it on upload. AI markers here are hints, not proof either way. Content Credentials are shown as present or absent; this tool does not verify their signatures.
Why is the cleaned file a little smaller?
Only the metadata was removed. Some phones also store a second image (a gain map or depth map) after the main one; the cleaned copy keeps only the main image.
Will the photo still be rotated correctly?
Rotation is stored in EXIF. Most photos from phones are already upright, but a few cameras rely on that flag. If a cleaned copy looks sideways, rotate it in any editor and save again.
What about HEIC photos from an iPhone?
HEIC is not supported here yet. Sharing from the Photos app as “Most Compatible” gives a JPEG, and the share sheet’s Options can also leave out location.
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