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Your photos. Untracked.

STRIP A PHOTO 100% ON-DEVICE. NOTHING UPLOADS.

DROP IT.
SEE THE LEAK.

Click to choose a photo, or drag one in from anywhere on the page

You can also paste one straight from your clipboard. Nothing leaves your device, it even works with Wi-Fi off.

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Privacy for humans.
Not just paranoids.

YOUR EXACT
LOCATION

Phones embed GPS coordinates in every photo. Post one from home and anyone can pull your address off it.

SEE IT LEAK

YOUR DEVICE
FINGERPRINT

Camera make, model, lens, software, sometimes even a serial number and an owner name. Plenty to tie a photo back to you.

SEE IT LEAK

YOUR
TIMELINE

Exact timestamps down to the second. Combine with GPS and a stranger knows where you were, and when.

SEE IT LEAK

READ UP.

PRIVACY

YOUR PHOTOS KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE

Pick any photo you took at home and there is a good chance your exact coordinates are inside it. Here is how that bites people.

READ THE POST GUIDE

INSTAGRAM STRIPS METADATA. YOUR EMAIL DOES NOT.

A practical map of where your photo metadata survives and where it dies, including the sneaky high quality send trap.

READ THE POST HOW IT WORKS

CLEANING A PHOTO WITHOUT TOUCHING A PIXEL

Most removers quietly re-compress your image. Here is how lossless stripping works and why your photo stays identical.

READ THE POST EXPLAINER

WHAT IS EXIF, IN PLAIN WORDS

Every photo carries a hidden notebook the camera fills in for you. A five minute explainer with zero jargon.

READ THE POST GUIDE

STOP YOUR PHONE FROM GEOTAGGING

Two minutes of settings on iPhone or Android and your camera stops writing your location into every shot.

READ THE POST HOW IT WORKS

KEEP THE DATE, LOSE THE LOCATION

Selective stripping redacts exactly the fields you tick, byte by byte, and recomputes checksums so files stay valid.

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MEET THE MAKER

HEY, I AM ROSHAN.

I am a developer from Surat, India. I build web apps and AI automations, and I made MetaStrip after realizing how many people share photos with their home address quietly tucked inside.

This tool is my answer. Free, open source, and it never sees your files. If you want to talk tools, automations or work, my inbox is open.

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QUESTIONS?

Does my photo get uploaded anywhere?

No. All the reading and stripping happens right in your browser with plain JavaScript. There is no server, no account, and we never see your files. Turn off your Wi-Fi after the page loads and it still works.

Does stripping reduce image quality?

No. For JPEG and PNG, MetaStrip removes the metadata blocks byte by byte and never touches the compressed pixel data. The image itself stays bit for bit identical. Other formats fall back to a high quality re-encode.

Don't Instagram / WhatsApp already strip metadata?

Most big social feeds do. Email, cloud drives, marketplaces, forums, blogs and plenty of messaging apps do not. If you sell something on a classifieds site with photos taken at home, your address may be riding along.

What formats are supported?

JPEG and PNG get full metadata inspection and lossless stripping. Other browser-readable images (WebP, AVIF, etc.) are cleaned via canvas re-encode.

Is it open source?

Yes. The whole thing is a few hundred lines of plain JavaScript with zero dependencies. Read every byte on GitHub.

Found a bug, or have feedback?

Message Roshan directly on X or LinkedIn. Real bugs and rough edges are exactly what shipping in the open is for.