Why Browser-Local Metadata Tools Protect Privacy Better
The paradox of upload-based cleaners
Many metadata tools ask you to hand your photos to a server so it can delete the sensitive parts. Your GPS coordinates, face, documents and client work transit someone else’s infrastructure — logged, cached, maybe retained — to solve a privacy problem.
The client-side alternative
This site parses files in JavaScript, in your tab. Bytes go from disk to memory to download — never to network. You can prove it: open DevTools, watch the Network panel while processing; nothing leaves. It also means no accounts, no queues, no rate limits beyond the 15MB/30-file guardrails, and the site works offline once loaded.
What we give up
Honesty section: browsers can’t decode every exotic codec (HEIC support varies), and very large batches depend on your machine’s RAM. Server-side farms can brute-force those cases. For everything typical — JPG/PNG/WebP up to 15MB — local wins on every axis that matters.
Try it yourself
- Open DevTools → Network.
- Drop a file into the tool.
- Watch: zero requests. Download your clean copy.
Put it into practice
Run your files through the free metadata remover — browser-only, batch-ready, verified clean.