Remove Image Metadata
Clear the hidden information a photo carries — GPS coordinates, camera and lens model, shooting timestamps, the software that edited it and any embedded preview. Furtu decodes the image and writes a new file that contains none of the original metadata, entirely in your browser.
Keeping the original format is normally right. Furtu writes the new file at the highest quality the format allows, to keep the visible change as small as possible.
Ignored for PNG, which is lossless. A high value is right here because the goal is to change as little as possible.
How remove image metadata works
- Add your imagesDrop in the photos or screenshots you are about to share. Each is checked against its real file signature.
- Choose the outputKeep the original format for a faithful result. Furtu writes the new file at the highest quality the format allows so the picture is barely altered.
- Download the clean filesEvery image is rebuilt pixel by pixel in your browser, and the result contains none of the original metadata.
What you get
Strip EXIF, GPS and camera details from an image before you share it. Everything happens inside this page: the file is read by your browser, transformed in memory and handed straight back to you as a download. There is no upload queue, no waiting for a server, and nothing left behind when you close the tab.
Supported formats
Furtu accepts .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .webp, .avif, .gif, .bmp, .svg, .ico, .heic, .heif files up to 100 MB each, and processes up to 20 files in one run.
- Every file is checked against its real file signature, not just its name, so a renamed or corrupt file is rejected with an explanation instead of failing halfway through.
- Files over the limit are refused up front rather than after a long wait.
Limitations, stated up front
- Removing metadata means re-encoding, so the output is a structurally new file. On JPG and WebP that costs a small amount of quality; PNG is re-encoded losslessly and keeps hard edges exactly.
- An unusual EXIF orientation value can be interpreted differently by different decoders, which may leave a very occasional file rotated or mirrored. Furtu applies the orientation tag, so the normal case is correct.
- Content that is part of the picture rather than the metadata is not removed. A username in a screenshot, a house number in a photo or a document visible in the frame still has to be dealt with separately.
- SVG is rejected, and animated GIFs are rejected, because a canvas cannot re-encode vector art or preserve animation.
Frequently asked questions
Does this really remove GPS coordinates?
Yes. Furtu decodes the image into a canvas and writes an entirely new file from the pixels it finds there. The new file is built from scratch, so nothing from the original metadata block can survive: no GPS coordinates, no camera or lens model, no serial number, no capture timestamp, no editing software, no IPTC keywords and no embedded thumbnail. The one thing that is not metadata is still there: the picture itself, exactly as it looked.
Are the images uploaded?
No, and that is the whole reason to do this in a browser. A privacy tool that uploaded your photo to a server in order to strip the location from it would be a strange trade. Furtu never transmits the file, so the coordinates never leave the device in the first place.
Is the resulting file the same as the original?
No, and this matters. Removing metadata means writing a new file, so the structure is different even though the picture looks the same. A JPG or WebP is re-encoded, which costs a small amount of quality, and the file may even be slightly smaller. The result is a new image that happens to look like the old one, not a byte-for-byte edit of the original — which also means any digital signature on the original no longer applies.
Could the picture end up the wrong way up?
The decoder applies the EXIF orientation tag, which is what you want: the image arrives upright. The risk is a very unusual orientation value that some decoders read differently. If a particular file comes out rotated or mirrored, run it through “Rotate Image” and Furtu will tell you the dimensions it actually received.
Does this work on a screenshot?
Yes, and it is still worth doing. Phone screenshots often carry the device name, the operating system version and the app version in their metadata, and a screenshot of a private message can carry a filename or a notification title. The rewrite removes all of it.