ARDOTOOLS

Image Metadata Cleaner

Re-encode an image in the browser to remove common embedded metadata.

How it works

  1. Choose an image

    It is read by your browser, from your disk. It is not sent anywhere.

  2. It is redrawn, not edited

    The picture is painted onto a fresh canvas and re-encoded, so the old metadata has nowhere to survive.

  3. 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.