ExifCleaner: Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata (Free software)
Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata
Features
Fast
Drag & Drop
Free and open source (MIT)
Windows, Mac, and Linux
Supports popular image formats such as PNG, JPG, GIF, and TIFF
Supports popular video formats such as M4A, MOV, and MP4
Supports PDF documents* (partial, see discussion)
Batch-processing
Multi-core support
Dark mode (automatic)
No automatic updates or network traffic
Multi-language support
Relatively few NPM dependencies (no JS frameworks)
Supported File Types
Below is a full list of supported file types that ExifCleaner will remove metadata for. It's based on which file types ExifTool supports write operations for.
- 3G2, 3GP2 – 3rd Gen. Partnership Project 2 a/v (QuickTime-based)
- 3GP, 3GPP – 3rd Gen. Partnership Project a/v (QuickTime-based)
- AAX – Audible Enhanced Audiobook (QuickTime-based)
- AI, AIT – Adobe Illustrator [Template] (PS or PDF)
- ARQ – Sony Alpha Pixel-Shift RAW (TIFF-based)
- ARW – Sony Alpha RAW (TIFF-based)
- AVIF – AV1 Image File Format (QuickTime-based)
- CR2 – Canon RAW 2 (TIFF-based) (CR2 spec)
- CR3 – Canon RAW 3 (QuickTime-based) (CR3 spec)
- CRM – Canon RAW Movie (QuickTime-based)
- CRW, CIFF – Canon RAW Camera Image File Format (CRW spec)
- CS1 – Sinar CaptureShop 1-shot RAW (PSD-based)
- DCP DNG – Camera Profile (DNG-like)
- DNG – Digital Negative (TIFF-based)
- DR4 – Canon DPP version 4 Recipe
- DVB – Digital Video Broadcasting (QuickTime-based)
- EPS, EPSF, PS – [Encapsulated] PostScript Format
- ERF – Epson RAW Format (TIFF-based)
- EXIF – Exchangeable Image File Format metadata (TIFF-based)
- EXV – Exiv2 metadata file (JPEG-based)
- F4A, F4B, F4P, F4V – Adobe Flash Player 9+ Audio/Video (QuickTime-based)
- FFF – Hasselblad Flexible File Format (TIFF-based)
- FLIF – Free Lossless Image Format
- GIF – Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format
- GPR – GoPro RAW (DNG-based)
- HDP, WDP, JXR – Windows HD Photo / Media Photo / JPEG XR (TIFF-based)
- HEIC, HEIF – High Efficiency Image Format (QuickTime-based)
- ICC, ICM – International Color Consortium color profile
- IIQ – Phase One Intelligent Image Quality RAW (TIFF-based)
- IND, INDD, INDT – Adobe InDesign Document/Template
- INSP – Insta360 Picture (JPEG-based)
- JP2, JPF, JPM, JPX – JPEG 2000 image [Compound/Extended]
- JPEG, JPG, JPE – Joint Photographic Experts Group image
- LRV – Low-Resolution Video (QuickTime-based)
- M4A, M4B, M4P, M4V – MPEG-4 Audio/Video (QuickTime-based)
- MEF – Mamiya (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
- MIE – Meta Information Encapsulation (MIE specification)
- MOS – Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based)
- MOV, QT – Apple QuickTime Movie
- MP4 – Motion Picture Experts Group version 4 (QuickTime-based)
- MPO – Extended Multi-Picture format (JPEG with MPF extensions)
- MQV – Sony Mobile QuickTime Video
- NEF – Nikon (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
- NRW – Nikon RAW (2) (TIFF-based)
- ORF – Olympus RAW Format (TIFF-based)
- PDF – Adobe Portable Document Format
- PEF – Pentax (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
- PNG, JNG, MNG – Portable/JPEG/Multiple-image Network Graphics
- PPM, PBM, PGM – Portable Pixel/Bit/Gray Map
- PSD, PSB, PSDT – PhotoShop Document / Large Document / Template
- QTIF, QTI, QIF – QuickTime Image File
- RAF – FujiFilm RAW Format
- RAW – Panasonic RAW (TIFF-based)
- RW2 – Panasonic RAW 2 (TIFF-based)
- RWL – Leica RAW (TIFF-based)
- SR2 – Sony RAW 2 (TIFF-based)
- SRW – Samsung RAW format (TIFF-based)
- THM – Thumbnail image (JPEG)
- TIFF, TIF – Tagged Image File Format
- VRD – Canon DPP Recipe Data
- X3F – Sigma/Foveon RAW
- XMP – Extensible Metadata Platform sidecar file
Platforms
macOS Linux and Windows
License
MIT license
Tags
exif cleaner,exif,metadata,images,photos,photo,image,photography,tools,utilities
