Browser-only · iOS friendly
Your Photos app has a leak.
Every shot in your Camera Roll carries GPS coordinates, your phone's serial number, the exact second it was taken, and twenty-four other tracker fields. ExifSweep strips all of it — in your browser, in under a second.
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Metadata Detail
What’s actually in there.
Open any photo in Photosand tap the “i” button. What Apple shows you is the tip of the iceberg — this is the full exiftool dump from one iPhone shot in a Vinohrady café.
IMG_3401.HEIC
3.4 MB · HEIF
- GPS50.0755° N, 14.4378° E
- CameraSony α7R V · 90211847
- AuthorTomáš Procházka
- SoftwareAdobe Lightroom 13.2
- Captured2026:05:14 18:42:09
- LensFE 35mm F1.4 GM
- + 21XMP, IPTC, thumbnails, color profile…
Cleaned · 0.847 s
How it works
Three taps. No cloud.
Drop a file in
Drag, paste, or pick. We read the metadata in your browser the instant it lands.
Pick what to remove
GPS · Camera · Author · Software · Captured · twenty-three more
Download the cleaned file
Original is untouched. Cleaned version saved next to it. Zero bytes sent to us.
0.847 s
Network behaviour
Your file never leaves your device.
Every photo or video is processed entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. We can’t see your files, store them, or pass them on — because they never reach us.
The exception: paid users can opt into a server-side pipeline for very large videos. Even then, files expire in 24 hours and only you have the link.
Files stay on-deviceNo trackingGDPR-compliant
Network requests on cleanup
POST /api/cleanup/token → ✓
POST /api/cleanup/redeem → ✓
Two requests total. Neither sends file bytes.
File transferred to us
0 bytes
Pricing
Three tiers. No surprises.
Pay nothing for the casual case, €3.49 / €4.79 when you do this for a living. Full feature table →
Free
€0
forever
- 3 cleanups / day (1 video max)
- 5 MB images · 20 MB videos
- Browser-only
- No signup
Popular
Pro
€3.49
per month
- 30 cleanups / day
- 50 MB images · 100 MB videos
- Custom EXIF writer (camera, lens, GPS, author)
- Server-fallback for HEIC video
Power users
Plus
€4.79
per month
- Unlimited cleanups
- 250 MB images · 1 GB videos
- HTTP API · 1,000 req / day
- Priority support
Stop leaking. Start in 30 seconds.
Free forever for casual use. €3.49/mo when you need more.
- Does ExifSweep upload my files to a server?
- No. On the Free and Pro tiers everything happens inside your browser using WebAssembly. The file never leaves your device. The Plus tier offers an opt-in server-side path for videos larger than 250 MB; otherwise the same browser-only rule applies.
- What metadata does ExifSweep remove?
- All standard metadata: EXIF (camera make, model, lens, ISO, shutter speed), GPS coordinates, capture timestamps, software fingerprints, XMP and IPTC fields, video container tags (creation_time, location, encoder), thumbnails, and ICC color profiles when you opt in.
- Which file formats are supported?
- Images: JPG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP. Videos: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV. Documents: PDF. Archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR (each file inside the archive is processed individually).
- Does removing metadata change the quality of the photo or video?
- No. ExifSweep only rewrites metadata chunks; the underlying pixel data is byte-identical. Video uses FFmpeg with -c copy, so no re-encoding happens. The single exception is HEIC, which is converted to JPEG at quality 95 (visually lossless) because no in-browser HEIC encoder exists yet.
- Can I add or edit metadata, not just remove it?
- Yes. You can write a custom camera body and lens (cascading dropdowns with iPhone built-in lenses pre-populated), capture date, GPS coordinates picked on an interactive map, author, copyright, and software fields. Available for JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, PDF, and video.
- Is ExifSweep free?
- Yes — 3 cleanups per day (at most one of which may be a video), 5 MB images, 20 MB videos, no signup, no card. Pro is €3.49 / month for 30 daily cleanups and larger files. Plus is €4.79 / month for unlimited cleanups and API access.
- How is ExifSweep different from exiftool or ImageOptim?
- exiftool is a CLI tool that requires installation and Terminal experience. ImageOptim is macOS-only and focuses on compression. ExifSweep runs in any browser, requires no install, adds a map-based GPS picker and camera/lens dataset for writing, and never uploads your file.
- Is ExifSweep GDPR / CCPA compliant?
- Yes. We are operated by VICTA DIGITAL s.r.o. (Czech Republic) and act as a data controller under GDPR. Subject access, deletion, portability, and objection requests are handled at [email protected] within 30 days. See /data-requests for the full process.
- Is EXIF a virus or malware?
- No. EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is harmless metadata embedded in photo files — camera settings, timestamps, GPS coordinates. It cannot execute code. The privacy concern is what it reveals about you (your location, device, schedule), not what it can do to your computer.
- Do screenshots have EXIF data?
- Pure screenshots (PNG from Cmd+Shift+4, Win+Shift+S) usually have no EXIF, but PNG can carry tEXt and iCCP chunks that leak the device name or editor used. Phone screenshots can carry timestamps. ExifSweep strips all of these.
- Does Instagram remove metadata when I upload?
- Instagram strips most EXIF on upload but only after their servers have received and read it. By then they (and any intermediary) have your GPS, device, and timestamp. Stripping client-side before upload — what ExifSweep does — is the only way to keep that data private.
- Can I see what metadata is in my photo without uploading it?
- Yes — drop any file into ExifSweep and you see every EXIF, XMP, IPTC, and container field categorized by sensitivity. Nothing is sent anywhere. Use the diff view to compare before/after stripping.
- Will the photo orientation get lost when I strip metadata?
- Optional — ExifSweep offers a "keep orientation" toggle. By default we strip everything; with the toggle on we preserve only the Orientation tag so the image displays right-side-up.
- Can I process multiple files at once?
- Yes. Free: 1 file per batch. Pro: 3 files. Plus: 10 files. Drop a folder or archive (ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR) and each file inside is processed individually with a single bulk download.
- Does ExifSweep work on PDFs?
- Yes — we strip and rewrite the PDF metadata dictionary (Author, Title, Producer, Creator, dates, custom XMP) using pdf-lib in the browser. The PDF content stays untouched.
- Is there an API for automated metadata removal?
- Yes — the Plus tier includes an HTTP API. POST a file to /api/v1/clean with your Bearer token and receive the cleaned file back. 50,000 requests per 30 days included. See /api-docs.
- Is this lossless? Will I lose image quality?
- Yes, lossless for JPEG/PNG/WEBP/MP4/MOV/AVI/MKV/PDF — only metadata chunks are rewritten, pixel data is byte-identical. HEIC is the one exception: it re-encodes to JPEG at quality 95 (visually indistinguishable, but technically not byte-identical).
- Can I use ExifSweep offline?
- After the page loads once, yes — everything runs in your browser, no server calls needed for the strip operation. Network requests happen only for the anti-abuse token round-trip (which sends no file bytes).