See what your files say about you — then make them stop.
Free metadata viewer & remover for images, PDFs, videos, Word documents and MP3s. Every byte is parsed locally in your browser — files are never uploaded.
One viewer & remover for every file format
- Image metadata viewer EXIF, GPS & camera data in JPG, PNG, HEIC…
- Remove metadata from photos Strip EXIF & location losslessly
- PDF metadata viewer Author, creator software & dates
- Remove metadata from PDF Blank document info + XMP
- Video metadata viewer MP4/MOV dates, GPS & device tags
- Remove video metadata Wipe GPS & timestamps, no re-encode
- Word / Office metadata Author & company in DOCX, XLSX, PPTX
- MP3 / ID3 tags View & strip ID3 tags and cover art
- YouTube metadata viewer Title, channel & thumbnails from any URL
How the metadata viewer works
- STEP 01 Drop any file
Photos, PDFs, Office docs, MP3s or videos — the tool detects the format automatically.
- STEP 02 Read everything it hides
EXIF, GPS location, authors, timestamps, device tags, ID3 — laid out field by field, with a map link for GPS.
- STEP 03 Remove & download
One click strips the metadata losslessly and downloads a clean copy. The original never left your device.
Why “no upload” is the whole point: a metadata tool exists to protect your privacy. Sending your private photos and contracts to someone's server to do it is backwards. This site has no upload endpoint at all — parsing and cleaning run on your own CPU, and you can even go offline after the page loads.
Trusted for the files people can't upload
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“I check every gallery export here before delivery. Caught a batch that still had my home studio GPS in the EXIF — the byte-level strip means zero recompression on client JPGs.”
Marcus Hale Wedding photographerX -
“We scrub every PDF before filing. This blanks the author and the XMP stream in one click, and nothing gets uploaded — that last part is what got it past our compliance review.”
Priya Raman ParalegalReddit -
“Buyers kept asking where my product photos were taken. Turns out every listing photo had my flat’s coordinates in it. Now everything goes through the remover first — five seconds per photo.”
Tomás Rivera Marketplace seller -
“The viewer surfaces XMP and IPTC blocks most online EXIF tools skip, and the map link on GPS tags saves me a copy-paste every single time. Local parsing means I can use it on sensitive material.”
Dana Kowalski OSINT researcherX -
“My proposals used to leak “last modified by” from a previous client’s template. The Word remover blanks all of it and my DOCX still opens perfectly — tracked changes intact.”
Ben Okafor Freelance consultant
Frequently asked questions
What is a metadata viewer?
A metadata viewer is a tool that reads the hidden data embedded inside files — EXIF camera settings and GPS in photos, author and creation dates in PDFs and Word documents, device tags in videos, ID3 tags in MP3s. This one runs entirely in your browser, so files are never uploaded.
How do I view the metadata of a file?
Drop any supported file (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, TIFF, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, MP3, MP4, MOV) into the tool above. Its full metadata appears in about a second, parsed locally on your device.
Can I remove metadata too?
Yes — after viewing, click “Remove metadata & download” to get a clean copy. For photos, PDF, Word, MP3 and MP4 the cleaning is lossless: content and quality are untouched, only the metadata goes.
Is this metadata viewer really private?
Yes, verifiably: files are parsed with JavaScript in your browser using the FileReader API. There is no upload endpoint on this site — you can open your browser’s network tab and confirm that nothing is transmitted.
Why does metadata matter?
Because files talk about you. A phone photo can contain the GPS coordinates of your home; a Word document names its author and company; a PDF records its revision history. Checking (and stripping) metadata before you share is basic digital hygiene.