Image Metadata & EXIF Inspector
Inspect EXIF, GPS, and camera metadata in your browser, then clean and verify—without uploads or maps.
- 100% client-side: files never leave your device
- Inspect JPEG, PNG, WebP; HEIC/AVIF/TIFF inspect limited
- Privacy findings with Observation / Evidence / Method / Limitation
- Clean presets with verify + processing-mode disclosure
- Batch scan, ZIP clean, JSON/CSV/Markdown/PDF export
All inspection and cleaning run in your browser. Image bytes and metadata values are not uploaded to Solasu servers.
This tool does not write your images or metadata to localStorage, IndexedDB, or cookies. Processing stays in memory for this session.
Add images
Drag and drop JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, AVIF, or TIFF files here
Paste an image from the clipboard (Ctrl/Cmd+V). This uses the paste event only—clipboard is never read programmatically.
JPEG · PNG · WebP (full clean) · HEIC / AVIF / TIFF (inspect limited; clean unsupported)
Inspection
Multi-file selection is supported. Use Batch for filters and ZIP clean.
About Image Metadata & EXIF Inspector
Photos often carry more than pixels: EXIF camera settings, GPS, timestamps, software stamps, and color profiles. Sharing a “cleaned looking” photo can still leak location or identity cues.
Solasu's Image Metadata & EXIF Inspector runs entirely in your browser. Inspect tags, review privacy findings, clean with presets, verify Removed/Retained/Remaining statuses, and export reports—without uploads, maps, or secondary SEO landing URLs.
Inspect, privacy findings, then clean with verification
Solasu surfaces file stats, a foldable capability matrix, searchable raw tags, and on-demand SHA-256. Privacy findings use Observation / Evidence / Method / Limitation—never opaque privacy scores.
Cleaning offers Remove location, Remove identifying fields, and Full Clean (color kept by default), then re-inspects the output so download decisions are evidence-based.
Local-only processing with clear format limits
JPEG, PNG, and WebP support inspect and clean. HEIC, AVIF, and TIFF are inspect-limited with clean unsupported. Processing modes disclose metadata-only, lossless transform, or re-encode.
Nothing is uploaded. GPS is numeric only—no maps. Session memory only; no localStorage/IndexedDB persistence of your images.
Batch and export for real workflows
Filter batches by format, GPS, metadata presence, or filename; track progress N/M; cancel; and ZIP cleaned outputs.
Export cleaned images plus JSON, CSV (with privacy warning), Markdown, and PDF audit reports.
Frequently asked questions
What is image metadata / EXIF?
Image metadata is structured information stored alongside pixels—EXIF camera settings, GPS coordinates, timestamps, software tags, IPTC/XMP publishing fields, and optional ICC color profiles. Solasu inspects these layers locally in your browser.
Can I see GPS coordinates?
Yes, when numeric latitude/longitude are present they are shown as numbers. Solasu never loads map tiles, geocoding, or reverse lookup APIs.
Can I remove GPS / location metadata?
Yes for JPEG, PNG, and WebP using the Remove location preset or by selecting the Location category, followed by automatic verification.
What camera information can be inspected?
Make, model, lens, exposure, ISO, and related Camera/Lens tags when present. MakerNotes are reported as opaque byte length only and are not parsed as a removable category.
Does Full Clean remove color / ICC?
No. Full Clean removes removable privacy categories but keeps ICC/color by default. Enable Advanced “Remove color metadata” only if you accept possible rendering differences.
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. Inspection, cleaning, verification, and report generation run entirely in your browser. Image bytes and metadata values are not sent to Solasu servers.
Does the tool store files on disk or in browser storage?
No persistent localStorage, IndexedDB, or cookie storage of your images or metadata. Processing stays in session memory; revoke object URLs when files are removed.
Which formats can be cleaned?
JPEG, PNG, and WebP support full clean. HEIC, AVIF, and TIFF are inspect-limited / clean unsupported—convert with HEIC Converter or another tool first if you need a cleaned copy.
What does HEIC Limited / Unsupported clean mean?
exifr may extract some tags from HEIC/AVIF/TIFF, but Solasu does not rewrite those containers. Clean status is Unsupported; use Inspect/Privacy only or convert to JPEG/PNG/WebP.
What are the three processing modes?
Metadata-only (strip tags without changing pixels), Lossless transform (e.g. JPEG DCT orientation when possible), and Re-encoded (pixels rewritten with explicit disclosure). The UI always shows which mode was used.
Why did the file hash change after cleaning?
Removing metadata or re-encoding changes bytes, so SHA-256 changes. A hash change does not mean corruption—use verification statuses (Removed/Retained/Remaining) and visual compare.
Does orientation removal change how the photo looks?
Orientation handling never silently flips appearance. It may keep metadata-only, apply a lossless transform, or re-encode with disclosure so visual orientation stays consistent.
Are MakerNotes removed?
MakerNotes are not a selectable removable category. If EXIF is stripped as a whole for selected categories, opaque MakerNotes inside that EXIF segment are removed with it; otherwise they remain opaque.
What is the Remove identifying fields preset?
It targets Location, Creator, Capture timestamps, and Embedded preview—worded as potentially identifying metadata, not a legal “personal information” claim.
Can I paste images from the clipboard?
Yes via the paste event (Ctrl/Cmd+V). Solasu does not call navigator.clipboard.read.
What are the hard size limits?
50 MB per file, 500 files per batch, and 200 MB total batch size. Soft/strong warnings appear earlier for large workloads.
Is CSV export private?
CSV may contain potentially identifying values (GPS numbers, creator strings). Treat and share CSV exports carefully.
Can I verify cleaned output?
Yes. After clean, Solasu re-inspects the output and shows per-category Removed/Retained/Remaining/Unknown/Unsupported statuses with before/after counts.
Does cleaning always preserve pixel appearance?
Metadata-only and successful lossless transforms aim to preserve appearance. Re-encoded mode may change compression; color removal can change viewer color management. Disclosures are always shown.
Are there secondary SEO landing URLs?
No. The production path is /image-metadata/ (and locale prefixes). There are no secondary keyword landing URLs for this tool.
How does WebP inspection work?
WebP uses a custom RIFF extractor for EXIF/XMP/ICCP chunks plus exifr on the EXIF payload—exifr alone has no WebP container parser.
Can I process many files at once?
Yes. Batch lists files with filters (format/GPS/metadata/filename), progress N/M, cancel, per-file status, and batch clean+ZIP.