ExifCleaner

Drag-and-drop desktop app to strip metadata from images, video and PDFs.

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ExifCleaner is a cross-platform desktop app that wraps the ExifTool engine behind a drag-and-drop window so you can scrub metadata without touching a command line. It strips EXIF, GPS and other tags from images, video and PDF files, and processes whole batches across multiple CPU cores. A before-and-after view shows exactly what was removed and everything runs locally with no account, telemetry or uploads. A planned v4 rewrite would add folder recursion, timestamp preservation and support for two dozen languages. For most people cleaning files before they publish, it is the easiest place to start.

Strengths

  • Simple drag-and-drop GUI
  • Handles images, video and PDF
  • Fast batch processing, fully offline
  • Open source (MIT)

Considerations

  • Desktop only, not on phones
  • Relies on ExifTool under the hood

Listed in Metadata Removal

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