Select what metadata you want to strip from your image before sharing or publishing online:
🧹 Strip All Metadata
Completely removes EXIF, GPS location, camera settings, author, comments, and XMP tags for 100% privacy protection.
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📍 Strip GPS Data Only
Removes exact latitude, longitude, and altitude while preserving camera exposure and shutter speed settings.
Preserves Camera Info
📷 Strip EXIF Header Only
Removes camera make, model, lens serials, and date while keeping dimensions and standard color profiles.
Fast Sanitization
✏️ EXIF & Capture Date Editor
Edit copyright ownership, creator byline, description, and correct camera clock or timezone offsets.
⚖️ Side-by-Side Metadata Comparison Tool
Drop two images to compare camera bodies, lenses, exposure settings, GPS locations, and file sizes:
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Drop Image A (Base)
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Drop Image B (Comparison)
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📦 Batch EXIF & Metadata Cleaner
Select or drop multiple photos to sanitize all metadata in parallel. Download individually or as a single ZIP.
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Drop Multiple Photos Here
Batch sanitize entire photo shoots client-side
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Understanding EXIF & Image Metadata in Digital Photography
Whenever you take a photo with a digital camera, DSLR, mirrorless body, or smartphone, hidden technical records are embedded inside the image file structure. This data is known as EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format), standardized by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA).
Why Check and Remove EXIF Data?
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Protect Your Home Location
Smartphone photos frequently save high-precision GPS coordinates that pinpoint your exact house, workplace, or children's school. Stripping GPS metadata prevents stalkers and location tracking.
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Analyze Photographic Craft
Inspect how great photographers nail exposure by reading their real-world shutter speed, aperture f-stops, ISO noise limits, and focal lengths on inspiring shots.
Embed your name, studio brand, licensing URL, and rights notice directly into your high-resolution portfolio exports to assert ownership across the web.
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Zero Server Uploads
Unlike other online tools that send your personal photos to remote cloud servers, PicDriver executes all operations 100% inside your local web browser engine.
Frequently Asked Questions
EXIF stores technical camera settings (aperture, shutter, ISO, GPS, date). IPTC is designed for press and stock photography, storing titles, captions, copyright, and keywords. XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) by Adobe supports modern XML packets, rating stars, color labels, and non-destructive editing history.
No. Metadata is stored in dedicated header markers (like App1 in JPEG) separate from the visual image pixel stream. Sanitizing metadata only removes text descriptors without altering your image resolution or visual clarity.
Our tool supports JPEG/JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, iPhone HEIC/HEIF, AVIF, and popular camera RAW files including Canon CR2/CR3, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, and Adobe DNG.
Yes! Use the EXIF & Date Editor tab to specify a new capture timestamp or apply timezone hour shifts to correct cameras with mismatched internal clocks.
