How many listing photos can I clean at once?

The free tool cleans up to 10 images per batch and downloads them as a ZIP, which covers a typical listing. Clean, download, then upload the clean set.

Do my photos get uploaded to MetaScrub to be cleaned?

No. Cleaning happens entirely in your browser. The photos never leave your device — verify it in the network panel.

Will the cleaned photos still look good in my listing?

Yes. Only metadata is removed; the image is not re-compressed, so listing photos look exactly as sharp as the originals.

Strip Photo EXIF Before Selling Online

Listing photos taken at home leak your address through their GPS tag. Strip the metadata locally before you upload to a marketplace.

Clean a photo now — free, no upload

Why this matters

When you photograph an item to sell — on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Vinted or a local forum — you almost always take the picture at home. That photo gets geotagged with your home GPS coordinates.

Marketplaces show your photos to strangers, including people who never buy anything. A buyer (or a scammer) who downloads your listing image and reads its EXIF can find exactly where the item — and you — are located, before you have agreed to meet anyone.

MetaScrub strips the GPS, device and timestamp data from each listing photo in your browser before you upload it to the marketplace. Clean the whole set in one batch, download, then list. The marketplace only ever sees the picture, not your address.

What this metadata leaks

GPS Latitude / LongitudeWhere you photographed the item — i.e. your home.

Camera / Phone ModelLinks all your listings to the same device and seller.

Date/Time OriginalWhen the photo was taken, useful for cross-referencing.

Serial NumberA device fingerprint tying separate listings to one camera.

How to do it with MetaScrub

Take your listing photos as usual, then open the MetaScrub cleaner and drop in up to 10 of them at once.
Check the metadata panel — listing photos shot at home typically carry GPS coordinates, the phone model and capture timestamps.
Click "Clean" to strip the GPS, device and timestamp data from every photo in the batch, locally in your browser.
Download the cleaned set as a ZIP, then upload those files to eBay, Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist instead of the originals.

Before and after

Before — metadata present

GPS Latitude51° 30' 26.46" (51.50735)

GPS Longitude-0° 7' 39.61" (-0.12767)

Camera ModelPixel 8

Date/Time Original2026:06:01 09:11:40

After — cleaned by MetaScrub

No EXIF / metadata found.

FAQ

Some do, many do not, and you cannot rely on it — the metadata is in your file the moment you select it, and re-shared or downloaded copies may keep it. Stripping it yourself before upload is the only way to be sure.

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