Guides
Image metadata, explained properly
What is stored inside your photos, who can read it, and how to remove it — written to be useful rather than to fill a page.
Fundamentals
- 8 min readWhat Is Image Metadata?The hidden record travelling inside every photo you take, edit or download — and what it says about you.Open
- 9 min readWhat Is EXIF Data?The camera's note-to-self inside every photo — how it is structured, and which tags actually matter.Open
- 8 min readWhat Is PDF Metadata?Document properties are the obvious part. The revisions left inside the file are the part that leaks.Open
How-to
- 10 min readHow to Remove EXIF Data From PhotosSix ways to strip EXIF, what each one costs you, and how to check that it actually worked.Open
- 7 min readHow to Remove GPS Location Data From PhotosStrip the coordinates from photos you already have, and stop new ones being tagged in the first place.Open
- 7 min readHow to Check Photo MetadataBefore you remove anything, look at it. Here is how to view a photo's metadata on every platform.Open
- 7 min readHow to Watermark Photos Before SharingWhich kind of watermark to use, where to put it, and what it realistically achieves.Open
Platforms
- 6 min readDoes Facebook Remove EXIF Data?Facebook strips most metadata from the images it serves — which is not the same as never having it.Open
- 6 min readDoes Instagram Remove EXIF Data?Instagram re-encodes everything you post — and what that does, and does not, do for your privacy.Open
- 6 min readDoes WhatsApp Remove Photo Metadata?The answer depends entirely on which of two buttons you press when you attach the file.Open
AI & provenance
- 8 min readWhat Are C2PA Content Credentials?The signed provenance record now attached to images by Firefly, Photoshop and a growing list of cameras.Open
- 7 min readCan You Detect AI Images From Metadata?Metadata can confirm an image was generated. It can never confirm that one was not — and that asymmetry matters.Open