Remove Photo Metadata Before Sending by Email

Clean hidden photo metadata locally with MetadataWipe — built for remove metadata before sending email.

Ready to clean a photo? MetadataWipe processes JPEG and PNG files locally — no account and no server upload.

Email attachments often still contain full EXIF blocks — home GPS from a phone photo, camera serial hints, and capture timestamps you never typed into the message body. When you remove metadata before sending email, you reduce accidental location leaks to clients, listservs, and support tickets.

MetadataWipe strips common tags from JPEG and PNG in your browser without uploading the file to our servers. Clean the image once, attach the export, and keep the original privately on disk if you still need it for records.

How to use MetadataWipe in 3 steps

Open the tool. Go to the MetadataWipe homepage and select a JPEG or PNG from your device, or drag and drop the file into the workspace.
Review and remove metadata. MetadataWipe scans for common metadata markers, then creates a clean browser-generated copy by drawing the image to a canvas and exporting a new file.
Download and verify. Save the cleaned file (named with -metadatawipe before the extension). Re-open it in the tool or a trusted viewer to confirm sensitive tags are gone before you share.

About Remove Metadata Before Sending Email

Mail clients do not reliably strip EXIF from attachments. Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail send the bytes you attach unless you pre-process the image. Recipients can save the attachment and read metadata with free tools — which is why privacy-conscious senders clean photos first.

Workflow tip: finish edits, export JPEG or PNG, open MetadataWipe, review the metadata panel, download the cleaned copy (named with -metadatawipe), then attach that file to your draft. Repeat for each photo in the thread.

MetadataWipe requires no account, works offline after load, and re-encodes JPEG at high quality. For legal or medical attachments, verify the export before send and keep a internal uncleaned copy only on secured storage if policy requires.

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Frequently asked questions

Will my email provider strip EXIF automatically?

Do not rely on providers to remove metadata from attachments. Clean files yourself before attach.

Can I clean several photos before one email?

Yes. Process each JPEG or PNG in MetadataWipe and attach the cleaned exports.

Does MetadataWipe upload attachments?

No. Cleaning is local to your browser.

Should I use PNG or JPEG for email after cleaning?

Either works. JPEG is smaller for photos; PNG preserves sharp UI screenshots without JPEG artifacts.

Remove EXIF data, GPS location, and common photo metadata in your browser.

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