Remove Metadata From Photos

No. Pixellin rewrites the file container and copies the compressed image data unchanged, so there is no re-encoding for JPG, PNG or WebP. The cleaned photo is pixel-for-pixel identical to the original, and usually a few kilobytes smaller because the metadata is gone.

Phones often save the image in one direction and use an orientation flag to tell viewers how to rotate it. Tools that delete that flag make photos appear sideways. Pixellin keeps the orientation flag, so your photos display the same way they did before.

Usually yes. The profile tells apps which color space the photo uses, and removing it from a Display P3 or Adobe RGB image can make colors look duller. It contains no personal information. Remove it only if you want the smallest file and know the image is sRGB.

Many large social platforms strip metadata from the images they display, but you shouldn’t rely on that everywhere. Email, cloud sharing links, messaging apps sending photos as files and some marketplaces often keep the original file, including its GPS coordinates and timestamps.

This tool works on JPG, PNG and WebP. For iPhone HEIC photos, convert them first with the HEIC to JPG converter. Converted files don’t carry EXIF data such as GPS, and the orientation is applied to the pixels, so the result is already clean.