Your Photos app has a leak.
Every shot in your Camera Roll carries GPS coordinates, your phone's serial number, the exact second it was taken, and twenty-four other tracker fields. ExifSweep strips all of it — in your browser, in under a second.
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Metadata Detail
What’s actually in there.
Open any photo in Photosand tap the “i” button. What Apple shows you is the tip of the iceberg — this is the full exiftool dump from one iPhone shot in a Vinohrady café.
- GPS50.0755° N, 14.4378° E
- CameraSony α7R V · 90211847
- AuthorTomáš Procházka
- SoftwareAdobe Lightroom 13.2
- Captured2026:05:14 18:42:09
- LensFE 35mm F1.4 GM
- + 21XMP, IPTC, thumbnails, color profile…
How it works
Three taps. No cloud.
Network behaviour
Your file never leaves your device.
Every photo or video is processed entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. We can’t see your files, store them, or pass them on — because they never reach us.
The exception: paid users can opt into a server-side pipeline for very large videos. Even then, files expire in 24 hours and only you have the link.
Network requests on cleanup
POST /api/cleanup/token → ✓
POST /api/cleanup/redeem → ✓
Two requests total. Neither sends file bytes.
File transferred to us
0 bytes
Pricing
Three tiers. No surprises.
Pay nothing for the casual case, €1.99 / €4.99 when you do this for a living. Full feature table →
Pro
€1.99
per month
- 30 cleanups / day
- 50 MB images · 100 MB videos
- Custom EXIF writer (camera, lens, GPS, author)
- Server-fallback for HEIC video
Plus
€4.99
per month
- Unlimited cleanups
- 250 MB images · 1 GB videos
- HTTP API · 1,000 req / day
- Priority support
Stop leaking. Start in 30 seconds.
Free forever for casual use. €1.99/mo when you need more.
- Does ExifSweep upload my files to a server?
- No. On the Free and Pro tiers everything happens inside your browser using WebAssembly. The file never leaves your device. The Plus tier offers an opt-in server-side path for videos larger than 250 MB; otherwise the same browser-only rule applies.
- What metadata does ExifSweep remove?
- All standard metadata: EXIF (camera make, model, lens, ISO, shutter speed), GPS coordinates, capture timestamps, software fingerprints, XMP and IPTC fields, video container tags (creation_time, location, encoder), thumbnails, and ICC color profiles when you opt in.
- Which file formats are supported?
- Images: JPG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP. Videos: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV. Documents: PDF. Archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR (each file inside the archive is processed individually).
- Does removing metadata change the quality of the photo or video?
- No. ExifSweep only rewrites metadata chunks; the underlying pixel data is byte-identical. Video uses FFmpeg with -c copy, so no re-encoding happens. The single exception is HEIC, which is converted to JPEG at quality 95 (visually lossless) because no in-browser HEIC encoder exists yet.
- Can I add or edit metadata, not just remove it?
- Yes. You can write a custom camera body and lens (cascading dropdowns with iPhone built-in lenses pre-populated), capture date, GPS coordinates picked on an interactive map, author, copyright, and software fields. Available for JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, PDF, and video.
- Is ExifSweep free?
- Yes — 3 cleanups per day, 5 MB images, 20 MB videos, no signup, no card. Pro is €1.99 / month for 30 daily cleanups and larger files. Plus is €4.99 / month for unlimited cleanups and API access.
- How is ExifSweep different from exiftool or ImageOptim?
- exiftool is a CLI tool that requires installation and Terminal experience. ImageOptim is macOS-only and focuses on compression. ExifSweep runs in any browser, requires no install, adds a map-based GPS picker and camera/lens dataset for writing, and never uploads your file.
- Is ExifSweep GDPR / CCPA compliant?
- Yes. We are operated by VICTA DIGITAL s.r.o. (Czech Republic) and act as a data controller under GDPR. Subject access, deletion, portability, and objection requests are handled at privacy@exifsweep.com within 30 days. See /data-requests for the full process.