Remove metadata from HEIC (.heic / .heif)
Step-by-step: what metadata HEIC contains, how ExifSweep removes it, and what gets preserved.
What HEIC typically leaks
- iPhone GPS coordinates
- Camera body, lens, and ISP info
- Multiple timestamps (incl. seconds precision)
- Apple-specific neural-engine flags
Why this matters
HEIC is the iPhone default since iOS 11. It packs more metadata than any other consumer format.
How ExifSweep cleans it
HEIC requires re-encoding because there's no clean way to strip metadata while keeping HEIC format in pure browser code. We decode with libheif-js and re-encode as JPEG at quality 95 — visually lossless.
What we preserve
Image at quality 95 (visually indistinguishable from the original).
Try it on your .heic / .heif file
Free, in your browser, never uploaded.
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