A JPEG straight from a phone or camera can carry GPS coordinates, the exact time, the camera's serial number, the author's name, and the software used to edit it. RedactCam shows you all of it — then exports a copy that carries none of it.
The metadata inspector lists the camera, lens, timestamps, author, copyright, serial number, and GPS position — with a map link.
Metadata is only half the story; faces and plates in the image are detected and pixelated too.
Exports are re-encoded from pixels alone: no EXIF, no GPS, no serial — at full resolution and quality.
EXIF metadata was designed for photographers, not privacy. A single shared JPEG can reveal your home address (GPS), your daily schedule (timestamps), your identity (author tag, camera serial number traceable across every photo you've ever posted), and your tools. Messaging apps often strip it — email, cloud drives, and many forums do not.
RedactCam doesn't have a "remove metadata" button because it doesn't need one: every export is rebuilt from pixels alone, so metadata removal is guaranteed rather than optional. The inspector exists so you can see what was there — and what anyone you've already sent the original to can see.
Exports are re-encoded at full resolution and high quality (JPEG q92 or lossless PNG). Metadata lives alongside the image data, so removing it costs nothing visually.
All of it — EXIF (including GPS and serial numbers), IPTC, and XMP. The export is rebuilt from pixels alone, so nothing survives by construction.
Selective retention — keep timestamps or copyright while always stripping GPS — is coming to the Pro tier. The free tier always removes everything.
No. The inspector and the export both run in your browser. Nothing is uploaded — verify with DevTools or airplane mode.