Image Data Eraser

May 24, 2026 Recommended Tools cheng

When I edit photos, I often notice that many of them contain EXIF and XMP metadata, such as the camera brand, ISO, aperture, and even GPS location information.
Not only do they increase the file size of images and slow down page loading, but they may also raise privacy concerns. This is a small tool that can batch-delete EXIF data from images, serving as a lightweight local image privacy cleaner.

👉 Project Address:https://github.com/cheng01315/Image-Information-Eraser-Tool

1. What is included in this metadata?

1.1 EXIF typically contains

Camera Model, Manufacturer
Shooting Time, Resolution
Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed
GPS Location Information
Edit Software Name

1.2 XMP typically includes

Author and Copyright Information
Image description, keywords
Color Scheme

After compression, images are typically reduced in size by a few KB to several dozen KB, which helps optimize images on independent websites and speed up page loading times.

2. Features and Functions

🔍 Check Metadata – Automatically scan EXIF / XMP
🗑️ One-Click Cleanup – Safely remove all hidden attributes
🔒 Privacy Protection – Remove information about the camera, time, and location
📷 Batch Processing – Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, and other formats
💡 Free and open source – No payment required, and no need to upload to someone else's server

3. Instructions for Use

Method 1: Run directly `.exe`(Recommended)

Insert image input Folder
Double-click Information Eraser.exe
View Metadata Tips → Enter y Confirm Deletion
The processed images are in output Folder

Method 2: Run the Python source code

pip install Pillow
python "Information Eraser.py"

4. Project Structure

Image Information Eraser Tool/
├── input/ # Images to be processed
├── output/ # Images with metadata removed
├── Information Eraser.exe
├── Information Eraser.py
└── README.md

5. Quick Tip

The program only readsinput For the images in this post, it’s best to save a copy of the original photo before editing (just in case you want to know when it was taken later on? 😉)
If Chinese characters appear as garbled text in the command line, first run chcp 65001 Run again
Need to batch-process a few hundred images? No problem—it runs pretty fast.