Disclaimer

Best-effort metadata removal

MetaScrub removes the metadata it recognises from supported image formats (JPEG, PNG and WebP): EXIF — including GPS and device fields — plus IPTC and XMP in JPEG, the text/timestamp/embedded-EXIF chunks in PNG, and EXIF/XMP chunks in WebP. It does this on a best-effort basis.

Some files may carry vendor-specific, proprietary, or non-standard metadata blocks that a general-purpose tool cannot guarantee to detect. For this reason, MetaScrubre-inspects every cleaned file and shows you the result so you can confirm what was removed.

Verify before you rely on it

If you are sharing a photo where the metadata is privacy-critical — for example, to protect a location or a source — treat MetaScrub as one safeguard, not a guarantee. We recommend you:

• Check the “after” panel shows “No EXIF / metadata found.”
• Re-open the cleaned file in an independent metadata viewer if the stakes are high.
• Remember that the image content itself (visible landmarks, reflections) can also reveal location — stripping metadata does not change pixels.

No warranty

MetaScrub is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind to the extent permitted by law. MetaScrub and its operator are not liable for any consequence of metadata that a file may retain, or of sharing a file, beyond what cannot be excluded under applicable law.

Unsupported formats

HEIC, TIFF and RAW files are not supported and are flagged rather than processed. Do not assume a file is clean unless MetaScrub reports it as cleaned.

Contact

MetaScrub is operated by jifenkuaile. If you have questions about this disclaimer, contact us at jifenkuaile@gmail.com.

• Entity: jifenkuaile
• Contact: jifenkuaile@gmail.com
• Effective date: 2026-06-13