Stripper | Strip Image Metadata Locally

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Strip Metadata off.
Keep Image on.

Re-encode one image or a whole batch from their pixels and leave source EXIF, XMP, IPTC and embedded C2PA/JUMBF data behind.

  • Images never leave this device
  • No account, analytics, CDN or upload API

Output settings

JPEG uses a white background if a source has transparency.

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Applied to JPEG and WebP. PNG ignores this setting.

Reality check

What this can and cannot promise

It can

  • Remove source EXIF, GPS, XMP and IPTC metadata by re-encoding.
  • Remove embedded JPEG APP11 / PNG caBX C2PA/JUMBF data when re-encoding succeeds.
  • Verify that known embedded source metadata markers are absent from each new file.
  • Batch process images without uploading them anywhere.

It cannot guarantee

  • That every platform will display no CR/C2PA indicator now or in the future.
  • That a platform cannot match pixels through a perceptual fingerprint.
  • That an invisible watermark embedded in the pixels cannot be recovered.
  • That browser generated technical encoding data is literally zero bytes of metadata.

Meta-Stripper does not modify pixels to defeat invisible watermarks or provenance recovery systems. C2PA supports soft bindings such as fingerprints and invisible watermarks that can reconnect a derived image to external provenance data after an embedded manifest is removed.

Technical references: C2PA Content Credentials 2.4 · LinkedIn Content Credentials