CLEAN YOUR FILES — SHARE SAFELY

Remove Metadata Before Sharing Online

Clean hidden data from photos and documents before uploading, emailing, or posting — protect your privacy in seconds.

Drop a file here to try it

Images · PDFs · DOCX · XLSX · PPTX — max 25 MB — free, no account

What's hidden in your files?

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What photos reveal about you

Every phone photo carries your GPS location, device model, serial number, and the exact date and time. Share a photo by email or on a forum and all of this travels with it. Major social platforms strip some data, but email, cloud storage, and most websites do not.

A single photo contains

GPS coords + device serial + your name + timestamp + camera settings

A casual photo shared via email can reveal your home address, device identity, and daily routine.

How it works

Three steps. No account. No upload. No cost.

1

Drop your file

Drag and drop or click to select. Your file stays in your browser — nothing gets uploaded anywhere.

2

See what's hidden

MetaStrip scans and displays every piece of metadata — GPS, device info, timestamps, AI tags, author data.

3

Download clean

One click strips all metadata. Download your clean file instantly — no watermarks, no quality loss.

Supported formats

Deep metadata scanning for every field

.jpeg

EXIF, IPTC, XMP, GPS, AI tags, thumbnails

.png

tEXt, iTXt, zTXt chunks, XMP metadata

.pdf

Author, creator, producer, dates, custom properties

.docx

Author, comments, tracked changes, revisions, template data

.xlsx

Author, company, dates, custom properties

.pptx

Author, company, dates, comments, speaker notes metadata

Why should you remove metadata before sharing files online?

Every digital file carries hidden metadata — information about who created it, when, where, and with what tools. For photos, this includes GPS coordinates and camera details. For documents, it includes author names, company information, editing history, and sometimes deleted content that was never meant to be shared.

When you share files by email, cloud storage, messaging apps, or upload them to websites, this metadata typically travels with the file. While some social media platforms strip certain metadata, most sharing methods preserve it completely.

The risks range from privacy concerns (your home address extracted from a photo's GPS data) to professional embarrassment (a client discovering your document was originally created by a competitor) to legal liability (tracked changes revealing privileged negotiation strategy).

MetaStrip is a universal metadata removal tool that handles photos, PDFs, and Office documents. All processing happens in your browser — your files are never uploaded anywhere. Strip metadata from any file in seconds before sharing it with the world.

Ready to strip metadata? It's free.

Up to 20 files per batch. No account, no upload, no cost.