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Free metadata remover & checker tools
Choose by file type: Photos & EXIF · MP3 & WAV · Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Metadata Privacy Answers — concise answers for EXIF, GPS, MP3, Office, PNG, WebP and WAV privacy questions.
Metadata Field Reference — compare common EXIF, ID3, WAV and OOXML metadata structures and the matching MetWipe workflow.
Choose the file format or privacy question you actually have. MetWipe's supported workflows process files locally in the browser rather than requiring an application-server upload. Keep your original file and review the exact format and verification limits.
Photo metadata & EXIF tools
Photo Metadata Tools — EXIF, GPS, camera-info and safer-sharing workflows from one topic center.
Remove EXIF metadata from JPEG — remove supported EXIF/XMP, IPTC-style metadata and JPEG comments without an additional JPEG recompression pass.
Free EXIF viewer — inspect supported camera, timestamp and GPS fields before deciding whether to clean a photo.
Check a photo for GPS location metadata · Remove camera information from a photo
Check EXIF metadata · Remove GPS from JPG · Remove location data from a photo
Remove EXIF from iPhone photos · Remove EXIF from Android photos · Batch photo metadata remover
Learn more: What is EXIF? · How GPS metadata works · Photo metadata privacy guide · Before-sharing checklist
PNG metadata remover
Check PNG metadata before cleaning
Remove supported tEXt, zTXt, iTXt, eXIf and tIME chunks while retaining core image chunks. Other private or unknown chunks and visible content are outside the check.
WebP metadata remover
Remove supported EXIF and XMP chunks while retaining encoded image chunks. Other RIFF chunks remain outside the metadata-removal scope.
Audio metadata tools
Audio Metadata Tools — MP3 and WAV metadata workflows from one parent topic center.
MP3 Metadata Tools — check, clean and understand supported MP3 tags from one topic center.
Remove metadata from MP3 — free browser-based MP3 metadata remover for supported ID3, APEv2 and Lyrics3 structures. Learn what ID3 metadata contains.
Check MP3 metadata · Remove MP3 metadata on Mac · Remove embedded album art
WAV metadata remover — remove supported LIST, bext, iXML, ID3, cart and DISP chunks. Spoken information remains in the audio.
Office document metadata tools
Office Metadata Tools — Word, Excel and PowerPoint metadata workflows from one parent topic center.
Word Metadata Tools — check and remove supported DOCX properties from one topic center.
Remove metadata from Word / DOCX — clean supported document properties. Learn what metadata Word documents can contain.
Check Word metadata · Remove Author · Remove Last Modified By · Remove Company metadata
Check Excel XLSX metadata · Check PowerPoint PPTX metadata
Excel XLSX metadata remover · PowerPoint PPTX metadata remover
Comments, revisions, cell values, slide content, notes, custom properties, macros and embedded media are not a complete redaction target.
Metadata topic centers
Use these hubs when you want the complete workflow for a file family rather than one isolated task.
Photo Metadata Center — JPEG/EXIF, GPS, PNG and WebP. · Audio Metadata Center — MP3 and WAV. · Office Metadata Center — DOCX, XLSX and PPTX.
Deeper format hubs: MP3 Metadata Center · Word Metadata Center. Reference: Metadata Field Reference.
Not sure which tool to use?
Start with the MetWipe scanner, then check supported formats and limitations. Metadata cleanup does not hide names, faces, addresses, documents or other information visible in the file's content.