EXIF & Metadata
Remove EXIF Data
Strip location, camera and personal metadata from photos before sharing — in batch, without recompressing your images, and without uploading them anywhere.
Cleaned locally, without recompression — pixels are untouched and nothing is uploaded.
To remove EXIF data, drop photos above — cleaning happens in your browser, nothing is uploaded. GPS position, camera serial numbers, timestamps, XMP and IPTC blocks are all stripped, while the compressed pixels are copied through untouched, so there is zero quality loss. Works losslessly on JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF; colour profiles stay.
Honest limits
- JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF are cleaned losslessly — for other formats, convert to JPG first (conversion drops metadata).
- HEIC/AVIF metadata is blanked in place, so the file size doesn't shrink — the data itself is gone.
- Colour profiles (ICC) are kept on purpose so photos don't shift colour.
Need more than a browser can do? Desktop browsers go further than phones — and Media Moana converts at scale on hosted infrastructure.
How it works
Drop photos
JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and AVIF are cleaned losslessly. Batch is unlimited.
Strip locally
Metadata segments are removed in your browser — pixels are never recompressed.
Download clean files
Grab individual files or the whole batch as a ZIP, ready to share safely.
Frequently asked questions
Is this safe? Do my photos get uploaded?
No upload happens — ever. Metadata removal runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device, nothing is stored on any server, and the tool even keeps working if you go offline after the page loads. That's also why there are no file size limits, no queues and no sign-up.
Does removing EXIF reduce image quality?
No. For JPG, PNG and WebP the tool removes metadata segments surgically — the compressed pixel data is copied through untouched, byte for byte. For HEIC and AVIF the metadata blocks are overwritten in place inside the container, so the image stream is never touched either. There is no recompression and therefore zero quality loss. Colour profiles (ICC) are kept by default so your photos don't shift colour.
What exactly gets removed?
EXIF blocks (camera, exposure, serial numbers and GPS location), XMP packets (editing history, ratings), IPTC blocks (captions, creator info) and comment segments. What remains is just the image itself plus its colour profile.
Why should I strip metadata before sharing photos?
A photo from your phone typically embeds the exact GPS coordinates of your home, the date and time, and your device model and serial. Anyone you send the file to can read it in seconds. Big platforms strip metadata for you, but email, cloud drives, marketplaces and many forums do not.
Can I strip metadata from multiple photos at once?
Yes — batch is unlimited. Because cleaning runs on your own computer rather than a server, there is no cap and no queue; files are processed one after another and you can download them individually or grab the whole cleaned batch as a single ZIP.
Is there a file size or quantity limit?
There is no hard limit. Server-based converters cap uploads because your files consume their bandwidth and CPU; here stripping metadata happens on your machine, so the only practical limit is your device's memory. Desktop browsers comfortably handle very large files and big batches.