## Clean Video and Image Metadata Without Uploading the File
AI Metadata Cleaner is a free web app that inspects and strips EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, C2PA Content Credentials, and AI generator tags locally in the browser. Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, GPT-Image-2, and Veo 3 tags are part of that inspection. The engine is WebAssembly, so the original file is not uploaded. There is no signup, and the price is free.
Creators often treat a video export as just pixels plus a play button. Container formats disagree. MP4, MOV, and WebM files can store titles, tool names, timestamps, location hints, and other tags beside the picture. Still images add another layer: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, and HEIC files routinely carry EXIF and GPS, while RAW photos keep a dense metadata block. PDFs can carry author and XMP document properties. AI Metadata Cleaner is the local pass that shows those fields and strips them.
### Core capabilities
– Inspect metadata before anything is removed, including a read-only look at provenance markers.
– Strip EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, C2PA Content Credentials, and AI generator tags.
– Run the work in-browser with WebAssembly. Zero file uploads.
– Cover images, video, PDF, and RAW in one free tool.
– Stay on a free plan: 100% free, no signup required, runs locally in the browser.
Categories that fit the product are privacy and security, developer tools, AI tools, image and media utilities, and web apps. You use it from the website at https://aimetadatacleaner.pro/.
### Formats
JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, and HEIC images are in scope, as are MP4, MOV, and WebM video, PDF documents, and RAW files. Video is the case people underestimate. A short clip edited on a phone or generated by a model can still advertise the tool chain inside the container even after the picture looks finished. The [In-Browser Video Metadata & MP4/MOV/WebM Container Tag Remover](https://aimetadatacleaner.pro/clean-video-metadata) is the focused path for that job. It belongs to the same local cleaner, so GPS and other container tags are part of the same privacy story as the video tags.
### Step-by-step workflow
1. Open the AI Metadata Cleaner site. You are not asked to create an account.
2. Add the file you want to check. Images, video, PDF, and RAW are all valid inputs, and the bytes stay in the browser.
3. Read the report. Look for EXIF, GPS coordinates, XMP, IPTC, C2PA Content Credentials, and generator tags from Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, GPT-Image-2, or Veo 3.
4. Strip the container metadata. WebAssembly rewrites the file locally and offers a download.
5. Re-open the cleaned file in the inspector if you want a second confirmation before you publish it.
For a batch of stills, repeat the same steps. For a timeline export, use the video path so MP4, MOV, or WebM container tags are the fields you verify.
### Honest boundary
Pixel-domain SynthID watermarks are detected and explained. They are not the same as a metadata tag. AI Metadata Cleaner strips container metadata: EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, C2PA Content Credentials, and AI generator tags. It does not remove a watermark that is woven into the pixels, and it cannot control how a social platform labels a file after upload.
### FAQ
**Is video supported?** Yes. MP4, MOV, and WebM can be cleaned locally, alongside JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC, PDF, and RAW.
**Do I have to pay or register?** No. The tool is free and does not require signup.
**Are files uploaded?** No. Processing is in-browser via WebAssembly, with zero file uploads.
**What about C2PA?** Content Credentials and related container markers are part of the inspect-and-strip workflow.
**What will it not do?** It will not erase pixel-domain SynthID watermarks. Those are detected and explained while container metadata is stripped.
If you need a private, local way to publish media without shipping a hidden GPS point or an AI tool tag inside the file container, AI Metadata Cleaner is the free browser utility built for that check.
