🔍 Analyze
See exactly what your file reveals about you.
Free. Unlimited.
- Risk score and threat analysis
- Metadata list with details
- GPS map when location exists
What does your file reveal about you?
Find out right in your browser. No file upload.
Every time you share a photo, you may be sharing your exact location, your name, and your device.
Test now with your own photo — in 3 seconds you'll see what it reveals
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Images (7) Documents (2) Office (6) E-Books (1)
Or: Ctrl+V / Cmd+V to paste a screenshot from clipboardEntire folders accepted via drag & drop
Local in-browser file processing. No file upload, no account, no AI processing. External requests may occur only for optional GPS maps/location search.
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100% Client-sideNo UploadNo TrackingNo Tracking Cookies
GDPR-compliantOpen browser APIs (WebCrypto)No account requiredNo AI processing
16Formats
supported
100%Client-side
no upload
0Tracking
only necessary storage
Analyze, Edit, or Remove
✏️ Edit
Change values or add new metadata fields.
Free where editing is technically supported.
- Change GPS
- Set author
- Update dates
🗑️ Remove
Remove all metadata or selected metadata fields.
Free. Remove all or selected metadata.
- Remove all fields in one click
- Selective removal included
- Verification after cleanup
Edit Metadata — Real Use Cases
1
Vacation photos without your hotel address
Publish vacation photos with generic GPS coordinates instead of sharing your hotel address.
2
Consistent author in client documents
Set uniform author data for all client documents before sending.
3
Refresh application files
Update creation dates on application documents without re-exporting the file.
Clean and re-export locally
MetaDataGone can re-export supported files locally or convert them to safe target formats. This helps avoid carrying over normal metadata. Processing stays in your browser.
This is what it looks like when your file reveals too much
IMG_4892.heic
4.2 MBHEIC4 metadata fields found
HEIC, the default format on iPhones
87/ 100Critical
GPSLatitude52.520008
MakeApple
ModeliPhone 15 Pro
SerialNumberC39VJ8K2PH...
52.5200° N, 13.4050° EBerlin-Mitte
This is a demonstration with fictitious data.
From this photo, the following can be derived: your location (Berlin-Mitte), your device (iPhone 15 Pro), and a unique serial number that links ALL your photos.
What this data can mean in the wrong hands:
- Stalkers can reconstruct your address
- Employers can track your leisure locations
- Data brokers link ALL your photos to a single profile
- Insurance companies can infer lifestyle patterns
How MetaDataGone works
1. Upload file
Select one file or multiple files in batch mode.
2. Analyze, Edit, or Remove
Use the matching tab for your workflow.
3. Download cleaned file
Download the updated file directly in your browser.
16 formats | 100% client-side | No tracking cookies
Your files stay local. There is no upload to our servers.
New: Edit metadata
Change GPS coordinates, author names, creation dates, and more directly in your browser.
What makes MetaDataGone different
Privacy X-Ray
Not a dry list. A visual threat analysis that shows what stalkers, companies, and authorities can derive from your metadata.
Your browser. Your files.
Other tools upload your files to external servers. MetaDataGone processes everything exclusively in your browser. We cannot see your files, even if we wanted to.
Other tools: Upload → Server → Processing → Download
MetaDataGone: File → Your Browser → Done
Verified clean
After every cleanup, your file is automatically re-analyzed. You see the proof: Score 87 → Score 0. No more metadata.
Before87/100 · Critical87
After87/10087
Compare two files
Upload the original and the cleaned version side by side and see field-by-field what changed — the compliance proof for lawyers, HR and journalists.
- Field-by-field diff
- Instant score delta
- Exportable as JSON
No upload · No AI
Batch mode: 20 files. Parallel. In seconds.
Upload up to 50 files at once. Everything runs in parallel in your browser, with per-file progress bars and an overall score summary.
Files: 20Done: 17 / 20
- IMG_4892.heicCleaned
- Vertrag_Draft.pdfCleaned
- Budget_Q2.xlsxRunning
- Bewerbung_Mueller.docxAnalyzing…
Sample_Report.pdf
2026-04-20 10:14 UTCScore
Score: 87 → 0
SHA-256
9f3e2a7c…bf81
12 removed2 changed
- AuthorM. Mustermann
- CreatorMicrosoft Word
- CreationDate2026-02-28 09:14
- Signed✓ MetaDataGone
Local report
The PDF Compliance Report
For lawyers, firms and companies with GDPR duties. Documents which metadata was removed, when, and from which file — audit-ready.
- Timestamp + SHA-256 hash of the file
- List of removed and changed fields
- Before/after score with assessment
16 file formats. Zero compromises.
Images
JPEGPNGHEICTIFFWebPGIFBMP
GPS, camera, serial number, capture time, software
HEIC (iPhone) is converted to JPEG
Documents
PDFRTF
Author, creator, software, creation date, keywords
Office
DOCXXLSXPPTXODTODSODP
Author, company, edit time, comments, macro warning
Microsoft Office & LibreOffice
E-Books
EPUB
Author, publisher, ISBN, rights, creation date
16 formats | 50+ metadata types | 100% in-browser
Which metadata types are detected?
Click any group for the full list
Images (JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP, GIF, BMP)
- GPS (latitude, longitude, altitude, timestamp)
- Camera (make, model, serial number, lens)
- Exposure (ISO, aperture, shutter speed, focal length)
- Software (editing app, OS version)
- Timestamps (capture, edit, digitized)
- Copyright and author tags
- Orientation and color-profile (IPTC/XMP)
Documents (PDF, RTF)
- Author, creator, producer
- Title, subject, keywords
- Creation and modification date
- Language, application
- XMP packet (embedded RDF block)
- PDF info dictionary
Microsoft Office (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX)
- Author, company, last modified by
- Creation, modification and print date
- Edit duration, revision number
- Comments, track-changes history
- Template path, application and version
- Custom document properties
- Macro warning when VBA is embedded
OpenDocument (ODT, ODS, ODP)
- Author, last modified by
- Creation, modification, print date
- Edit duration, editing cycles
- Generator (LibreOffice version)
- User-defined metadata tags
E-Books (EPUB)
- Author(s), publisher
- ISBN, language, rights
- Creation date, modification date
- Table-of-contents metadata
- DC and OPF package fields
Free and local by design
MetaDataGone is free to use. Your files stay in your browser. No upload. No account. No AI.
No uploadNo AINo account
- Unlimited local analysis
- Metadata removal and editing where supported
- Selective removal
- Batch mode up to 50 files
- Compare mode and PDF reports
Clear boundaries
MetaDataGone is not an AI detector, not a forensic authenticity tool, and not an AI watermark remover. It checks and removes normal file metadata where technically supported.
Missing metadata does not mean a file is fake. Existing provenance metadata can provide context, but it does not prove that the visible content is true.
Learn about C2PA, Content Credentials and AI watermarksFrequently Asked Questions
No. All file processing happens locally in your browser. We have no technical ability to see your files.
No. MetaDataGone does not use AI for analysis, deletion, conversion, or report generation. Processing happens locally in your browser.
Yes. The app is free to use. Optional support via Ko-fi does not change feature access.
The limits are browser safety limits: images up to 100 MB, HEIC up to 50 MB, PDF up to 150 MB, ZIP-based documents up to 100 MB, RTF up to 25 MB; batch up to 50 files and 500 MB total.
No. MetaDataGone checks visible metadata and provenance indicators. It is not an AI detector.
No. Invisible AI watermarks are not normal editable metadata. Re-export or conversion can change or weaken invisible signals, but MetaDataGone does not guarantee this and does not offer AI watermark removal.
No. Many real files have no metadata because platforms, screenshots, exports, compression, or privacy tools remove it.
No. C2PA / Content Credentials can provide provenance information, but they do not prove that the visible content is true, unstaged, or not photographed from a screen.
Re-exporting or converting creates a new file. Normal metadata is often not carried over. Compression, re-encoding, or pixel recalculation may also change or weaken invisible signals inside an image. MetaDataGone does not guarantee this and does not provide AI watermark removal.
Yes, where the file format supports metadata editing. Other supported formats can still be cleaned.
No. Project support is an optional contribution through an external provider, not a certified charitable donation. It does not change feature access.
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