Remove AI Metadata and Hidden Photo Data
Clean C2PA Content Credentials, AI generator tags, EXIF, GPS, XMP and IPTC from JPG, PNG and WebP images. Everything runs in your browser, and every file is checked so the picture stays exactly the same.
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JPEG Metadata Remover
Remove EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA and comments from JPG files, losslessly.
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Log inWhat is an AI metadata remover?
Image files carry more than the picture. Next to the pixels sit small blocks of text: the camera model, the date, sometimes your exact GPS location, and the software that last saved the file.
AI image tools add their own blocks. Adobe Firefly, OpenAI and Google sign their images with C2PA Content Credentials. Others write an XMP tag that says the image came from a trained algorithm. Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI store your full prompt and workflow inside PNG text chunks.
An AI metadata remover takes those blocks out and leaves the picture alone. You decide what travels with your image when you post it, send it to a client or upload it to a shop.
Most cleaners re-save the image to do this, which costs quality. This tool does not. It copies the image data byte for byte, skips the metadata, and then proves the image data did not change by comparing SHA-256 hashes before and after.
What AI FootPrint Remover removes
Every kind of hidden data that can identify you, your tools or your workflow.
C2PA Content Credentials
Signed provenance manifests from Adobe Firefly, Photoshop, OpenAI, Google and other tools that join the Content Authenticity Initiative.
AI generator tags
XMP and IPTC fields such as DigitalSourceType = trainedAlgorithmicMedia, plus tool names written into the file.
Prompts and workflows
PNG text chunks from Automatic1111, Forge and ComfyUI: prompts, seeds, samplers, model names and full node graphs.
EXIF camera data
Camera and lens model, serial numbers, settings, editing software and the date and time the photo was taken.
GPS location
Latitude, longitude and altitude saved by phones and cameras. It lives inside EXIF and goes with it.
XMP editing history
Adobe edit history, document IDs, ratings and labels that can link copies of a file together.
IPTC captions and credits
Captions, keywords, creator names and copyright notices stored by photo apps and agencies.
Comments and leftovers
JPEG comments, unknown app blocks and stray data hidden after the end of the image.
We keep the pixels, the orientation (so photos stay upright), the color profile, transparency and every animation frame.
EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA and PNG chunks explained
Image metadata is not one thing. It comes in several standards, each added by a different kind of software, and each can say something different about you or the tools you used.
| Type | Found in | What it can reveal | Removed? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXIF | JPG, WebP, PNG (eXIf), HEIC | Camera and lens, serial numbers, settings, date and time, editing software, sometimes a small preview image | Yes (orientation kept) |
| GPS | Inside EXIF | Latitude, longitude and altitude, often precise enough to find a home address | Yes, with EXIF |
| XMP | JPG, PNG, WebP, PDF | Edit history, document IDs, ratings, creator tools and AI source type tags | Yes |
| IPTC | JPG (Photoshop block), XMP | Captions, keywords, creator name, copyright and the digital source type field | Yes |
| C2PA | JPG (APP11), PNG (caBX), WebP | A signed record of which app created or edited the file, often naming an AI model | Yes |
| PNG text chunks | PNG (tEXt, zTXt, iTXt) | Full AI prompts, negative prompts, seeds, samplers, model names and ComfyUI workflows | Yes |
| ICC profile | JPG, PNG, WebP | Only the color space; no personal data | Kept, so colors stay correct |
Which AI tools write metadata into your images?
Most popular image generators leave some kind of record in the files they export. What exactly is written depends on the tool, its version and how you export, so treat this as a typical picture rather than a guarantee.
| AI tool | What usually ends up in the file |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT and DALL·E (OpenAI) | C2PA Content Credentials that name OpenAI as the generator |
| Adobe Firefly, Photoshop Generative Fill, Adobe Express | C2PA Content Credentials and XMP edit history |
| Microsoft Bing Image Creator and Designer | C2PA Content Credentials |
| Google Gemini and Imagen | IPTC or C2PA AI markers in some exports, plus SynthID, an invisible watermark in the pixels that no metadata tool can remove |
| Midjourney | XMP and IPTC fields such as a description of the prompt, a job ID and an AI source type |
| Stable Diffusion (Automatic1111, Forge) | A PNG text chunk called "parameters" with the prompt, seed, sampler and model |
| ComfyUI | PNG text chunks called "prompt" and "workflow" that hold the entire node graph |
| Meta AI | IPTC AI tags, and invisible watermarks in some images |
| Others (Leonardo, Ideogram, Canva, Flux front ends) | Varies by version and export settings. Drop a file into the tool above to see what yours contains |
Why do platforms show “AI info” labels?
Large platforms have committed to telling people when content was made or changed with AI. One of the signals they use is the file itself: if an upload carries a C2PA manifest from an AI tool, or an IPTC or XMP field that marks the image as AI-generated, the platform may add a label such as “AI info” or “Made with AI”.
Metadata is only one signal. Platforms also use their own image classifiers, invisible watermarks such as SynthID, and what you tell them when you post. Their rules change often and differ between apps, so nobody outside the platform can say exactly why a label appeared.
Some platforms also ask you to disclose realistic AI content yourself, whatever the file contains. Removing metadata does not change those rules.
When real photos get labeled by mistake
A photo you took yourself can still carry AI markers. Removing a background, extending a canvas with Generative Fill or running certain AI-assisted edits can add Content Credentials that describe the whole file as AI-edited, even when the change was small.
Photographers and small businesses often only find out when a post is labeled. Looking at the file first tells you whether metadata is the likely cause. If the file is clean and a label still appears, the platform is relying on something else, such as a visual classifier.
What your photos reveal without you knowing
Privacy is the oldest reason to clean metadata, and it matters as much as any AI label. A single phone photo can contain:
- GPS coordinates of where it was taken, often your home, school or workplace.
- The exact date and time, which can reveal routines.
- Your phone or camera model and sometimes its serial number, which links photos to one device.
- The software and account used to edit it.
- An embedded preview image that may still show the uncropped original.
Why choose AI FootPrint Remover?
Lossless, and proven
No re-encoding. We hash the image data before and after cleaning, and only offer the download when the two hashes match.
Private by design
Files are read and cleaned inside your browser. Nothing is uploaded, so there is nothing for us to store, leak or delete.
Built for batches
Drop up to 30 images at once, mixing JPG, PNG and WebP, then download them one by one or together as a ZIP.
Made for creators, sellers and businesses
Photographers
Used a little AI retouching on a real photo? Remove the AI tags so the file is not mislabeled, and strip GPS before sharing.
AI artists
Keep your prompts, seeds and ComfyUI workflows private when you post or sell finished work.
Social media managers
Clean a whole batch of campaign images before scheduling posts across several platforms.
Print-on-demand sellers
Upload clean files to Etsy, Redbubble or Amazon Merch without leftover tool data in every listing.
Bloggers and publishers
Publish images without camera serials, home locations or editing history inside them.
Anyone who values privacy
Send photos to marketplaces, landlords or strangers without revealing where they were taken.
How it works
Four steps, all inside your browser.
- 1
Add your images
Drop JPG, PNG or WebP files onto the page. They are opened in your browser, not sent anywhere.
- 2
We map the file
The tool walks the file's structure and labels each block as image data or metadata.
- 3
Metadata is left out
Image data is copied exactly. C2PA, EXIF, XMP, IPTC and AI text blocks are skipped.
- 4
Checked, then yours
The result is hashed and re-checked. Only a file that passes gets a Download button.
- 100% in your browser
- No uploads
- SHA-256 verified
A simple workflow before you post
- 1Look firstDrop the image into the tool. “What’s in your file” lists the kinds of metadata it carries before anything changes.
- 2Choose how to cleanKeep “Preserve original quality” on to remove metadata only, with the pixels proven identical. Turn it off if you also want to change the format.
- 3Keep your masterSave your original somewhere private. Camera data is useful for your own archive even if you don’t publish it.
- 4Post the clean copyUpload the cleaned file and follow the platform’s own disclosure rules for AI content.
How we compare
| Feature | AI FootPrint Remover | Typical upload cleaners | Basic EXIF strippers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Files stay on your device | Varies | ||
| Removes C2PA Content Credentials | Varies | ||
| Removes AI prompts in PNG files | Varies | ||
| No re-encoding, no quality loss | Varies | Varies | |
| Proof the pixels did not change | |||
| Batch cleaning with ZIP download | Varies | Varies | |
| No sign-up needed to clean | Varies |
Columns describe common types of tools, not one specific product. Check any tool's own documentation before you rely on it.
Ready wherever you share
Free to use
Cleaning is free, with no sign-up and no watermark on your files.
Phone or desktop
Works in any modern browser on iPhone, Android, Mac or Windows.
Nothing to install
No app, no plugin and no command line. Open the page and drop files.
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Clean images before you post them anywhere. Platforms may still label content using their own detection, which no metadata tool can control.
Using a metadata remover responsibly
Removing metadata from your own files is legal in most places and is standard privacy practice. It is the same thing many apps do automatically when you share a photo.
Please use it on files you own or have the right to edit. Do not use it to pass off someone else’s work as your own, to remove a creator’s credit from their images, or to hide AI content where a platform, publisher or law requires you to disclose it.
Frequently asked questions
Important notes
What this tool does
- Removes metadata stored next to the image: EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, C2PA and PNG text chunks.
- Keeps the image data byte-for-byte identical and proves it with a SHA-256 check.
- Runs entirely in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.
What this tool cannot do
- Remove visible watermarks or invisible pixel watermarks such as SynthID.
- Change what an AI classifier sees when it looks at the picture.
- Guarantee how any platform will treat your image, now or later.
Use this tool to manage your own privacy and the data in files you have the right to edit. It is provided as is.