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Every photo carries a hidden layer of metadata your eyes never see: the EXIF block records the camera model, lens, exposure and — most sensitive — the GPS coordinates where the shot was taken, while IPTC and XMP fields can hold your name, copyright, editing history and captions. GhostMeta reads all of it in your browser and shows you the full table before you strip anything, so you know precisely what you are about to erase. In a JPEG this data lives in APP marker segments (EXIF and XMP in APP1, IPTC in APP13); in a PNG the same information sits in tEXt, iTXt and eXIf chunks. GhostMeta parses each container in one pass and rebuilds a clean copy with the pixels re-encoded and every metadata field dropped — no camera trace, no coordinates, no author tag. Because the whole process runs on your device, the file is never uploaded to a server, so there is no copy to leak or log. Drop an image, review what was found, download the neutral version — that is the entire flow.
EXIF (camera, lens, timestamp, GPS coordinates), IPTC (author, copyright, captions), XMP (editing history, ratings) and any thumbnail embedded in those blocks. After processing, the downloaded copy carries none of them.
No. Reading and stripping happen entirely in your browser using the Canvas API. The image never leaves your device, so there is no server-side copy to store, log or leak.
JPEG and PNG are handled directly. HEIC photos from iPhone are converted in-browser first, then cleaned. WebP is also supported.
The visible picture stays the same to the eye. GhostMeta re-encodes the pixels to guarantee no metadata survives, so a JPEG is re-compressed once — quality is kept high, but it is not a byte-for-byte copy of the original file.
The GPS tag alone can reveal your home address from a single picture posted online. Stripping metadata before sharing on marketplaces, forums or social networks removes the location, device and identity trail.
Yes — cleaning a photo and viewing its metadata is free, with no account required. Premium adds batch processing and extra convenience, not the core privacy feature.