Anish-M-code / Metadata-Remover

A simple Metadata Removal Tool for images and videos using exiftool and ffmpeg in C and Python3.
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Metadata-Remover

A simple Metadata Removal Tool for removing metadata from images and videos. Developed using C and Python3.

Whats the Use?

Take back your Privacy Online by removing Identifiable Metadata and reduce size of your images and videos before you post .

Removes Metadata which might expose your location or show which device you used to take photos and videos.

Why is it important?

Privacy is hard to get nowadays, removing unwanted metadata improves privacy.

Reduced image and video size will be a boon for web developers while embedding images and videos in websites.

Support for Other Documents ( PDF/ Docx etc ) other than Images and Videos.

Python version of metadata remover supports audio and torrent files .

This Tool does not support any other format, however one can use Document Inspector in Microsoft Office for Documents like docx, pptx etc .

For PDFs here is a small technique : https://outflaw.blogspot.com/2019/11/hiding-metadata-from-pdf-documents.html

Quick Installation

Click here for instructions and link to downloads : Download Metadata-Remover

Please read about security related information from here: Project Security

Disclaimer:

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK DEVELOPER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. IT IS NOT GURANTEED THAT THIS TOOL WILL REMOVE ALL METADATA COMPLETELY. DO NOT USE IN HIGH RISK SITUATIONS.

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