ARDOTOOLS
Image Metadata Cleaner
Re-encode an image in the browser to remove common embedded metadata.
How it works
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Choose an image
It is read by your browser, from your disk. It is not sent anywhere.
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It is redrawn, not edited
The picture is painted onto a fresh canvas and re-encoded, so the old metadata has nowhere to survive.
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Download the clean copy
Same picture, without the data that was attached to it.
Why strip metadata
Photos with GPS
Phone cameras can record where a picture was taken. Posting it publishes that too.
Selling online
A listing photo can carry the address of the house it was taken in.
Dating and social profiles
Location and device data attached to a personal photo is rarely something you meant to share.
Sending documents
Scans and screenshots can carry device, software and timestamp details.
Questions
- What exactly gets removed?
- Everything outside the pixels: EXIF, including GPS coordinates, camera make and model, lens, exposure settings and timestamps, plus any embedded thumbnail. Re-encoding keeps only the image itself.
- Does the image quality change?
- Re-encoding a JPEG re-compresses it, so there is some loss. Choosing PNG output avoids that at the cost of a larger file.
- Is my photo uploaded?
- No, and this is the point of the tool. The file is read, redrawn and saved entirely inside this page. Open your Network tab and watch: after the page loads, there are no further requests.
- Does removing metadata make a photo anonymous?
- No. It removes the attached data, not what the picture shows. A recognisable street, window or reflection is still in the pixels.