What EXIF data can be removed?

All of it — camera make and model, software, timestamps, exposure settings and orientation, plus embedded thumbnails, XMP and other metadata blocks.

Yes. Removing metadata strips GPS latitude and longitude, so your photos no longer reveal where they were taken.

Is my image uploaded?

No. Reading and removing metadata happens entirely in your browser — your photo never leaves your device.

How does removal work?

PixelVault re-encodes the image pixels through a canvas, which produces a clean copy that carries no metadata at all.

Does removing metadata change the picture?

No. The visible image is unchanged; only the hidden data is removed.

Remove hidden image metadata

See what hidden data your images carry and remove it — EXIF, XMP, IPTC and GPS. Clean one image or a whole batch, entirely in your browser.

Privacy-first: every image is processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored or transmitted to any server.

More than EXIF hides in a file

EXIF (camera, GPS, timestamps) is the famous one, but images also carry XMP blocks with editing history, IPTC fields with captions and author credits, and ICC color profiles. Together they can reveal who made an image, where, when, with what, and how it was edited — this tool shows all of it and removes what you choose.

Selective and lossless

Everything is a checkbox: strip GPS but keep capture dates, drop editing history but keep the ICC profile so colors stay accurate (recommended). For JPGs the cleaning is byte-level — metadata segments are removed while image data is never re-encoded, so quality is mathematically untouched. Batch mode cleans a whole folder to the same rules, entirely in your browser.

Frequently asked questions

What EXIF data can be removed?: All of it — camera make and model, software, timestamps, exposure settings and orientation, plus embedded thumbnails, XMP and other metadata blocks.
Is GPS removed?: Yes. Removing metadata strips GPS latitude and longitude, so your photos no longer reveal where they were taken.
Is my image uploaded?: No. Reading and removing metadata happens entirely in your browser — your photo never leaves your device.
How does removal work?: PixelVault re-encodes the image pixels through a canvas, which produces a clean copy that carries no metadata at all.
Does removing metadata change the picture?: No. The visible image is unchanged; only the hidden data is removed.

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Image Resizer — Resize by pixels or percentage with ready-made presets.
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Background Remover — AI background removal & blur — right on your device.
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Image Editor — Crop, rotate, flip, annotate, add text and blur — in one editor.
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