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ExifCleaner

Strip the hidden data out of photos and documents — GPS location, device model, timestamps, author name.

Cost

Completely free

Free and open source.

Open source

Yes

The code is public. Anyone can inspect it, and it cannot be taken away from you.

Your data

Stays on your computer

Nothing is uploaded. This matters for anything confidential.

Use it for this

Anything you post publicly or send to a stranger. Photos from a phone routinely carry the exact coordinates of where they were taken, and most people have no idea.

Do not use it for this

Bulk automated work; this is a drag-and-drop desktop app.

A moment where you would reach for it

Removing your home coordinates from a photo before posting it on a marketplace listing.

How hard is it to pick up?

Anyone can use this on day one.

Worth knowing before you use it

Runs on your machine. This is a privacy tool whose entire job is removing what you did not know you were sharing.

Other things that do this job

No tool is best at everything. These solve a similar problem, with different trade-offs.

About this entry

Checked on 1 Sept 2026. Prices and free limits change without warning, and often quietly. Treat everything above as a starting point and confirm on the official site before you rely on it.

Nothing here is sponsored. A tool appears because it solves a real problem, not because someone paid for it to be listed.