Most metadata removal tools ask you to upload your photos to a remote server. Think about that: to protect your privacy, you first have to hand your images to a stranger. GhostMeta works differently. Your photos never leave your device — everything happens in your browser. This page explains exactly how, and more importantly, how you can prove it yourself.
GhostMeta strips EXIF data from your photos — GPS coordinates, phone model, timestamps, file names — directly inside your browser. Processing is 100% local. No image is sent to a server. No copy is stored. No data is collected.
Here's how that's different from most online tools: when you use a traditional EXIF remover, your photo travels to a remote server, gets processed there, then gets sent back to you. During that round trip, your image sits on a machine you don't control. You have no guarantee it's deleted afterward.
With GhostMeta, there is no round trip. Your photo enters your browser, gets cleaned, and comes out the other side. GhostMeta's server never sees your images — not because we chose not to look, but because they're never sent in the first place.
When you drop a photo into GhostMeta, here's what happens step by step:
There's something backwards about a "privacy tool" that requires you to upload your photos first. It's like handing your house keys to a stranger so they can check if your door is locked.