Our Story

Why We Built the Best Free EXIF Remover (And Why It's 100% Client-Side)

We believe privacy should be simple. We saw other "free EXIF remover" tools that uploaded your "private" photos to their servers just to clean them. That felt wrong. Here's our story.

Privacy vs Security chart — Does a tool that uploads your "private" photo feel private to you?

The "Privacy Paradox" of Online Tools

We needed to clean a photo to post on a forum. We searched online and found dozens of "free metadata remover" tools. But when we read their privacy policies, we found a disturbing pattern: to "clean" your photo, you had to *upload it to their server* first.

This is a paradox. You are forced to trust a stranger with your *most sensitive data* (like a photo taken at your home) just to make it... private. You have no idea if they are storing that photo, running AI on it, or logging your IP address. It felt completely broken.

Our Solution: 100% Client-Side

We knew there was a better way using modern browser technology. PrivacyPixel was built with one, non-negotiable rule: **your data never, ever leaves your computer.**

It's a simple, static HTML file that runs entirely in your browser.

When you drag a photo onto the page, your browser's own JavaScript reads the data.
When you click "Clean," your browser's own Canvas API "re-draws" the image from pure pixels, leaving all the metadata behind.
When you click "Download," you're just saving that new, clean file from your computer's memory back to its hard drive.

At no point does our server, or any server, ever see your image. It's a truly private process, just between you and your browser.

Try The Best Free EXIF Remover

See for yourself. It's fast, free, and completely private. No uploads. No sign-ups.

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Why Is It Free?

Because privacy shouldn't have a price tag. This tool is simple to build and almost free for us to host on a modern platform like Render or Netlify.

We keep the lights on in two ways that we believe are honest and transparent:

**Donations:** If you find the tool useful, you can buy us a coffee. We appreciate it, but it's never required.
**Affiliate Links:** We recommend other privacy tools we personally use and trust, like VPNs. If you purchase one through our link, we get a small commission at no cost to you.

That's it. No ads, no tracking (beyond simple, anonymous page counts), and no selling your data. Just a free, fast, and safe tool. We hope you find it useful.