Disclaimer
Last updated: 2 November 2026.
This page exists because the category it sits in routinely overpromises. Below is a plain account of what this tool does, what it does not do, and where claims elsewhere should be treated with suspicion.
This tool edits file metadata only
It reads and removes metadata stored in container blocks beside the compressed image: EXIF, XMP, IPTC, C2PA manifests and PNG text chunks. It never decodes, alters or re-encodes pixel data. That is a deliberate design choice and the reason the output is byte-for-byte identical.
It follows directly from that choice that anything living in the pixels is out of reach.
It cannot remove invisible watermarks
Google's SynthID and similar schemes embed a signal in the pixel values themselves. They are built to survive screenshots, cropping, resizing, compression and format conversion.
This tool cannot detect them and cannot remove them. No metadata tool can. Any product advertising invisible watermark removal is either degrading your image heavily in the hope of disrupting the signal, or overstating what it does.
It cannot guarantee a platform will not label your content
Platforms use more than metadata. They run visual classifiers, they act on user reports, and some honour a self-declaration you made when posting. Removing file-level markers addresses the most common cause of a label, not every cause.
If a file is verified clean and a label still appears, the cause is not metadata, and no metadata tool will change the outcome.
Detection findings are evidence, not proof
When the checker reports markers, it is reporting what the parser found in the file. When it reports nothing, it means the parser ran and found nothing.
Neither result proves whether an image was AI-generated. A generated image stripped of metadata reads clean. A real photograph edited with Generative Fill reads as AI-involved. Metadata describes what software touched a file, not what the picture is.
Not legal advice
Nothing on this site is legal advice. Discussion of the EU AI Act, DMCA section 1202 or platform policies is general information, not guidance for your situation.
Removing metadata from your own files is ordinarily lawful. Whether you have a duty to disclose AI involvement depends on your jurisdiction, your context and the platform's terms. If that matters to your situation, consult someone qualified.
Known technical limits
C2PA manifests are detected and removed, but signatures are not currently validated, so we do not tell you who signed one.
Compressed PNG text chunks, zTXt and iTXt, are removed but not inflated for display, so their contents are not shown.
AVIF and HEIC are not supported. We would rather reject a format than silently convert it to another one.
Video and PDF are not supported. An MP4 can carry its own C2PA that an image tool cannot reach.