For Metadata Cleaner (web app and Chrome extension)
If you installed the extension but clicking the option does nothing, make sure you accepted the "Read and change data on all websites" permission when Chrome prompted. Without it the extension can't fetch the image. You can re-check this at chrome://extensions → Metadata Cleaner → Details → Site access.
Metadata stripping is invisible — the image pixels are not changed. To verify that metadata was removed, drag the cleaned file to metadata2go.com and compare against the original. The cleaned version should have no GPS, camera, or software info.
The "Created" and "Modified" dates you see in Finder or File Explorer are set by your operating system when the file is saved to disk and cannot be overridden by any web app. They are not part of the file content.
Email the file format and, if possible, the error message or file size to dreknows@gmail.com. Some camera-specific MOV formats have unusual box structures; I can usually add support quickly if you can share a sample.
Click the Stripe customer portal link in any receipt email from Stripe, or email me at dreknows@gmail.com and I will cancel it for you. No questions asked.
Every email has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. For full deletion from our records, email dreknows@gmail.com and I'll remove your email within 7 days.
Yes. All file processing happens locally inside your browser using JavaScript — your files are never uploaded to any server. The only thing transmitted off your device is your email address, and only if you enter it. See the privacy policy for details.
Yes. Images re-encoded through the extension or web app lose all embedded metadata including EXIF, GPS, XMP, and C2PA content credentials. Videos and audio have their standard metadata containers neutralized (UDTA boxes in MP4/MOV/M4A, Tags elements in WebM, ID3 in MP3, VORBIS_COMMENT in FLAC, etc.).
It removes one of the two main signals platforms use. The first signal is what your distributor (DistroKid, CD Baby, Tunecore, etc.) tells the platform via DDEX feed — if you self-declared "AI generated" at upload, that flag is at the database level and stripping the file won't change it. The second signal is the metadata embedded in the file itself, including C2PA assertions written by Suno, Udio, ElevenLabs, Riffusion, and similar tools. Metadata Cleaner removes that second signal entirely. For best results, strip the file before uploading to your distributor and leave the AI-generated checkbox unchecked there.
Note: some AI-music tools also embed audible or near-audible watermarks in the actual sound. Those are not metadata and survive stripping. Removing them requires re-encoding through a DAW or an audio re-encode pass — that's a separate problem.
Images: JPEG, PNG, WebP
Video: MP4, MOV, WebM
Audio: MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC
If you need another format, email me — I add them based on demand.
Email dreknows@gmail.com with: