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How to Remove AI Metadata?

Use an inspection-first workflow: add the image, identify the metadata blocks, choose the appropriate scope, clean locally, and verify the new copy.

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  • EXIF and GPS
  • XMP and IPTC
  • C2PA/JUMBF
  • ICC and pixels
  • Local processing
  • Before/after verification
  • Pixel data preserved

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A five-step AI metadata cleanup

The browser workbench handles the technical parsing and presents a clear result for each supported image.

1. Add and inspect

Choose a JPEG, PNG, or WebP image and wait for the detected metadata list.

2. Choose a mode

Pick AI provenance only for narrow cleanup or Privacy clean for broad supported removal.

3. Verify and download

Review what changed, then save the new copy while leaving the original untouched.

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Which cleaning mode should you choose?

The right mode depends on whether ordinary photo metadata should remain in the output.

  • AI provenance only removes recognized C2PA/JUMBF and AI-tagged metadata
  • AI provenance only keeps EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, comments, ICC, and pixels
  • Privacy clean removes recognized EXIF/GPS, XMP, IPTC, comments, and provenance
  • Privacy clean keeps the ICC profile when possible and leaves pixels unchanged

Inside a supported image

Four layers the workbench checks

Each layer serves a different purpose, so the cleaner reports it separately.

EXIF and GPS

Camera, capture, device, time, and location details.

XMP and IPTC

Captions, credits, rights, keywords, edits, and software fields.

Content Credentials

Recognized C2PA/JUMBF provenance records and assertions.

ICC and pixels

Color profile and visual image data stay when possible.

Honest product boundaries

Check the result—but keep the limits in view

  • The cleaner cannot validate every C2PA signature or retrieve remote durable credentials.
  • The cleaner cannot remove AI evidence encoded in pixels or make a file classifier-proof.
  • The cleaner cannot edit a post that has already been uploaded to a platform.

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How-to questions

How can I remove AI metadata from a photo for free?

Use the free browser workbench on this page. It processes up to five supported still images per day locally.

How do I remove AI metadata from an image without losing EXIF?

Choose AI provenance only. That mode keeps EXIF, including GPS, while removing recognized provenance and AI-tagged metadata.

How do I remove AI tags from multiple images?

Add a batch, review each file, choose one cleaning mode, then download individual results or a ZIP.

How do I remove AI metadata from video?

MetaScrub cannot do that because it supports still images only. Use a video-specific metadata tool and verify its output separately.

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